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CATALOGUE 


OF  BOOKS  PRINTED  BY 


WILLIAM  BRADFORD 


AND   OTHER    PRINTERS   IN   THE 


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EXHIBITED  AT  THE  GROLIER  CLUB  IN  COM- 
MEMORATION OF  THE  BICENTENNIAL  OF 
THE  INTRODUCTION  OF  PRINTING  INTO 
NEW- YORK,     APRIL      1 4     TO     21,     1 893 


INTRODUCTION. 


The  "  art  and  mystery  of  printing,"  as  old 
Bradford  calls  it,  was  introduced  by  him  into 
New- York  in  1693.  September  10  of  that 
year  being  the  date  of  the  first  semi-annual 
warrant  issued  for  the  payment  of  his  salary 
as  "  Printer  to  their  Majesties  King  William 
and  Queen  Mary  for  the  Province  of  New- 
York,"  the  corresponding  day  in  the  preced- 
ing month  of  April  is  the  accepted  time  of  his 
permanent  settlement  in  New- York.  The  pres- 
ent exhibition  is  designed  to  commemorate 
this  anniversary. 

In  the  numerous  specimens  of  the  first 
Bradford's  press  here  assembled  an  effort  has 
been  made  to  present  an  example  of  every 
year  of  his  work  as  a  printer  in  this  country, 
and  in  so  doing  to  select  from  the  material 
available  a  collection  which  would  include 
the  most  important  works  produced  by  him. 
To  this  have  been  added  examples  of  nearly 


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4  INTRODUCTION. 

all  the  other  printers  of  New- York  before  the 
Revolution.  These  are  not  only  illustrative 
of  the  progress  of  the  art  during  the  colonial 
period,  but,  in  a  measure,  are  a  tribute  to 
Bradford's  influence  in  New-York,  as  they  are 
to  a  considerable  extent  the  after-work  of  the 
apprentices  whom  he  inducted  into  the  craft. 
Zenger,  whose  name  is  inseparable  from  the 
history  of  the  liberty  of  the  press;  Parker,  the 
best  New- York  printer  of  his  time ;  and  De 
Foreest,  Bradford's  successor,  were  among 
these. 

Bradford's  connection  with  Pennsylvania 
as  her  first  printer  and  as  the  progenitor  of  a 
family  located  there  from  which  has  sprung 
more  than  one  man  of  national  repute,  ren- 
ders a  representation  of  the  issues  of  the  press 
in  that  province  also  appropriate.  For  nearly 
the  same  reasons  New  Jersey  is  included; 
and  as  Delaware  was  then  legally  but  an  ap- 
panage of  Pennsylvania,  the  title  of  the  ex- 
hibition has  been  made  to  include  printing  in 
the  middle  colonies.  The  exhibition  has  been 
still  further  varied  by  the  addition  of  two  cases 
of  books  not  relating  to  Bradford.  The  first 
of  these  illustrates  the  printed  history  of  New 
Netherland  and  New-York  while  under  Dutch 
and  English  rule.     The  second  is  illustrative 


INTRODUCTION.  5 

of  printing  in  the  other  British- American  col- 
onies, from  the  establishment  of  the  first  press 
at  Cambridge  to  the  first  appearance  in  print 
of  Washington,  the  central  figure  of  the  new 
era  in  the  western  world. 

To  the  individual  contributors  to  the  ex- 
hibition, members  of  the  club  or  not,  the  com- 
mittee, in  conformity  with  the  custom  of  the 
club,  can  extend  only  thanks  without  specific 
mention.  On  this  occasion,  however,  the  ex- 
hibition would  have  been  but  meager  without 
the  aid  of  public  institutions.  The  thanks  of 
the  club  are  due  to  the  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania,  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Physicians,  the  New  Jersey  Historical  Soci- 
ety, the  Boston  Public  Library,  and  in  New- 
York  city  to  Columbia  College  and  to  the 
Bar  Association,  for  a  liberality  not  too  often 
met  with  on  the  part  of  similar  bodies,  in 
placing  their  collections  at  the  disposal  of  the 
committee  for  this  occasion. 


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The  references  throughout  the  catalogue 
are  to : 

A  Bibliographical  and  Historical  Essay  on  the 
Dutch  Books,  etc.,  relating  to  the  New-Nether- 
land.     By  G.  M.  Asher.    Amsterdam,  1854-67. 

The  Issues  of  the  Press  in  Pennsylvania, 
1685-1784.  By  Charles  R.  Hildeburn.  Phila- 
delphia, 1885-86. 


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CATALOGUE. 

BRADFORD   IN   ENGLAND. 

I  The  Frame  of  Government  of  the  Province 
of  Pennsilvania  in  America :  Together 
with  certain  Laws  agreed  upon  in  Eng- 
land by  the  Governour  and  divers  Free- 
men of  the  aforesaid  Province,  [n.  p.] 
Printed  in  the  Year  MDCLXXXII. 
Foho. 

On  the  occasion  of  his  examination  before  the 
Governor  and  Council  of  Pennsylvania  in  1689,  in 
reply  to  the  question,  *•  By  whose  order  did  yoii  print 
it  [the  Frame  of  Government  or  Charter]  in  Eng- 
land?" Bradford  answered,  "By  Governour  Penn's." 
Wallace's  Address,  p.  52.  As  this  is  the  only  edition 
of  the  first  charter  printed  in  England  before  1689,  it 
must  have  been  printed  privately  by  Bradford  on  one 
of  his  master's  (Sowle)  presses. 

BRADFORD    IN    PHILADELPHIA. 

1685 

2  Kalendarium  Pennsilvaniense,  or,  Amer- 
ica's Messinger.  Being  an  Almanack 
For  the  Year  of  Grace,  1686.   By  Sam- 


3  CATALOGUE. 

uel  Atkins,  Student  in  the  Mathamaticks 
and  Astrology.  Printed  and  Sold  by 
William  Bradford,  sold  also  by  the  Au- 
thor and  H.  Murrey  in  Philadelphia, 
and  Philip  Richards  in  New  York; 
1685.   Sm.  8vo.     (h.  I.) 

One  of  the  two  known  copies  of  the  first  issue  of 
Bradford's  press  in  America.  Besides  the  matter  is- 
sued in  such  publications,  it  contains  on  the  third  page 
Bradford's  inaugural  of  "  the  great  Art  and  Mystery 
of  Printing  into  this  Part  of  America." 

3  Good  Order  Established  in  Pennsilvania 

and  New-Jersey  in  America.  By  Tho- 
mas Budd.  Printed  in  the  Year  1685. 
Sm.  4to.   (h.  2.) 

The  first  book  printed  in  America  by  Bradford,  of 
which  not  more  than  eight  copies  are  now  known  to 
exist. 

1686 

4  An  Almanack  for  the  Year  of  Christian 

Account  1687.  By  Daniel  Leeds.  Print- 
ed and  Sold  by  WilHam  Bradford,  near 
Philadelphia  in  Pennsylvania,  pro  Anno 
1687.    Folio,    (h.  5.) 

This  —  the  first  almanac  issued  by  Leeds  —  is  a 
broadside  intended  to  be  hung  up  in  some  conspicuous 
place  for  ready  reference.  But  two  perfect  copies 
exist.  Watson,  the  annalist  of  Philadelphia  and 
New-York,  possessed  a  copy  which  he  divided  into 
two  equal  parts,  giving  the  upper  half  to  one  library, 
and  the  lower  part  to  another ! 


CATALOGUE.  9 

1687 

5  The  Excellent  Privilege  of  Liberty  and 

Property  Being  the  Birth-Right  of  the 
Free-born  Subjects  of  England,  [n.  p. 
n.  d.]    i6mo.    (h.  7.) 

This  compilation  was  made  by  William  Penn  for  the 
instruction  of  the  people  of  his  new  province.  It  is 
mainly  made  of  Magna  Charla,  Penn  Patents,  and 
the  frame  of  government  granted  by  him.  It  is  an- 
nounced as  "  in  the  Presse  "  by  Bradford  at  the  foot 
of  the  almanac  for  1687.     The  only  known  copy. 

1688 

6  The  Temple  of  Wisdom  for  the  Little 

World.  Collected,  published  and  in- 
tended for  a  general  Good,  by  D[aniel] 
L[eeds].  Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford  in  Philadelphia,  Anno  1688. 
i2mo. 

Of  this  curious  hodgepodge  of  the  wisdom  of  Ba- 
con, the  wit  of  George  Withers,  and  the  vagaries  of 
Jacob  Bohm,  but  two  copies  are  known. 

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7  The  Presbyterian  and  Independent  Visi- 

ble Churches  in  New-England  and 
else-where,  brought  to  the  List.  By 
George  Keith.  Philadelphia,  Printed 
and  Sold  by  Will.  Bradford,  Anno.  1689. 
Sm.  8vo.     (h.  17.) 

The  first  work  published  in  America  by  George 
Keith,  the  leader  in  the  schism  among  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Quakers,  and  one  of  the  early  and  most  active 
missionaries  of  the  Church  of  England  in  America. 


lO  CATALOGUE. 

1690 

8  The  Pretended  Antidote  proved  Poyson  : 
Or,  the  true  Principles  of  the  Christian 
&  Protestant  Religion  Defended.  By- 
George  Keith.  Philadelphia,  Printed  by 
Will.  Bradford,  1690.  Sm.  8vo.    (h.  22.) 

This  is  Keith's  defense  of  his  Presbyterian  Churches 
from  the  attack  of  Mather,  Willard,  and  other  New- 
England  divines  in  The  Principles  of  the  Protestant 
Religion  Maintained.  This  copy  is  in  the  original 
binding.  The  fly-leaves  are  made  of  unused  sheets 
of  Budd's  Pennsylvania. 


i6gi 

9  A  Modest    and    Impartial    Narrative    of 

several  Grievances  and  Great  Oppres- 
sions that  the  Peaceable  and  most  Con- 
siderable Inhabitants  of  their  Majesties 
Province  of  New- York  in  America,  Lie 
Under,  by  the  Extravagant  and  Arbitrary 
Proceedings  of  Jacob  Leysler  and  his 
Accomplices,  [n.p.n.d.]  Sm.4to.  (h.  28.) 

Dated  in  New- York  this  21st  of  January,  Annoq. 
Domini  1690, —  that  is,  1690-91, —  and  printed  by  Brad- 
ford soon  afterward.     The  only  copy  known. 

10  A  Christian  Epistle  to  Friends  in  General 

of  Weighty  Concern,  for  their  present 
and  future  Peace  and  Safety  from  the 
Soul's  Adversary's  subtil  Devices  and 
Snares  of  Death.  By  George  Whitehead. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford 
at  Philadelphia,  1691.  Sm.  4to.  (h.  29.) 


CATALOGUE.  I I 

1692 

ii^An  Appeal  from  the  twenty-eight  Judges 
to  the  Spirit  of  Truth  and  true  Judg- 
ment in  all  faithful  Friends  called 
Quakers  that  meet  at  this  Yearly  Meet- 
ing at  Burlington,  ymo,  1692.  [n.  p. 
n.  d.]     Folio,     (h.  39.) 

For  printing  this  protest  of  George  Keith  against 
the  action  of  the  meeting  of  "  Public  Friends  "  (Quaker 
Preachers)  in  forbidding  him  to  preach,  Bradford, 
Keith,  and  others  were  arrested  and  imprisoned.  The 
persecution  of  the  former,  arising  from  his  action  in 
this  publication,  led  to  his  removal  to  New-York. 

12  The  Christian  Faith  of  the  People  of  God 

called  in  scorn  Quakers  in  Rhode  Island 
Vindicated.  Printed  and  Sold  by  Wil- 
liam Bradford  at  Philadelphia  in  Penn- 
sylvania in  the  Year  1692.  Sm.  4to. 
(h.  42.) 

In  this  tract  Keith  continued  his  controversy  with 

the  New  England  divines,  and  at  the  same  time  opened 

print  the  Keithian  schism  in  the  Society  of  Friends. 

13  The  Plea  of  the  Innocent  against  the  False 

Judgment  of  the  Guilty,  [n.  p.  n.  d.] 
Sm.  4to.     (h.  55.) 

Printed  by  Bradford  in  1692,  and  written  by  George 
Keith  and  Thomas  Budd,  both  of  whom  were  arrested 
by  the  Quaker  magistrates  of  Philadelphia  and  fined 
;^5  ^^ch  for  publishing  it. 

14  A  Vision   concerning   the   Mischievious 

Seperation  among  Friends  in  Old  Eng- 
land.   Printed  and  Sold  by  Will.  Brad- 


12  CATALOGUE. 

ford  at  Philadelphia,  1692.  Sm.  4to. 
(H-  53-) 

"  Collected  and  arranged  under  this  false  title  by 
George  Keith,  for  an  evil  purpose,  to  pass  off  as 
George  Fox's." — Joseph  Smith. 

15  Some  Reasons  and  Causes  of  the  Late 

Seperation  that  has  come  to  pass  at 
Philadelphia  betwixt  us,  called  by  some 
the  Seperate  Meeting,  and  Others  that 
meet  apart  from  us.  [n.  p.n.d.]  Sm.  4to. 
(H.  49.) 

This  is  the  first  tract  issued  by  Keith  after  the 
"Separation."     It  was  printed  by  Bradford  in  1692. 

1693 

16  A  Confession  of  Faith  given  forth  from 

the  Yearly  Meeting  at  Burlington  the 
7th  of  7th  moneth,  1692.  Printed  and 
Sold  by  William  Bradford  in  Philadel- 
phia 1693.     Sm.  8vo. 

The  Keithian  Confession  of  Faith.  One  of  two 
copies  known. 

17  The  Heresie  and  Hatred  which  was  falsly 

charged  upon  the  Innocent  justly  re- 
turned upon  the  Guilty.  Passages  of  a 
late  Dispute  in  Writing,  betwixt  John 
Delavall  and  George  Keith.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  at  Phila- 
delphia, Anno  Dom.  1693.  Sm.  4to. 
(h.  62.) 

The  last  page  contains  Bradford's  offer  to  print  a 
reply  by  Delavall  or  any  other  of  Keith's  opponents  : 
"  Not  that  I  want  to  beg  their  work,  I  need  it  not,  but 


CATALOGUE.  I3 

to  leave  them  without  excuse,  that  if  they  be  any  way 
wronged  or  falsely  charged  by  what  is  published  in 
print  to  the  world,  they  may  have  equal  priviledge 
to  vindicate  themselves  as  publickly ;  though  I  have 
little  cause  to  make  this  offer  to  them,  considering 
their  many  abuses  of  me." 

18  An  Almanack  and  Ephemerides  for  the 

Year    of     Christian    Account     1693. 

Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford, 

1693.    Sm.  8vo.     (h.  65.) 

The  last  almanac  printed  by  Bradford  in  Philadel- 
phia.    One  of  two  copies  known. 

BRADFORD   IN    NEW-YORK. 

1693 

19  New    England's    Spirit    of    Persecution 

transmitted  to  Pennsylvania    and  the 

pretended   Quaker  found  persecuting 

the  true  Christian-Quaker,  in  the  Tryal 

of  Peter  Ross,  George  Keith,  Thomas 

Budd  and  William  Bradford.      Printed 

in  the  Year  1693.     Sm.  4to. 

Probably  the  first  issue  of  Bradford's  press  in  New- 
York.     One  of  five  copies  known. 

20  Anno  Regni  Gulielmi  &  Mariae,  &c.  Qiiin- 

to.  An  Act  for  granting  the  Rate  of 
One  Penny  per  Pound  upon  the  clear 
value  of  all  Estates  and  Six  Shillings 
per  Head  upon  such  as  are  not  other- 
wise rated  by  the  Act  of  the  Province 
of  Pennsilvania.     [n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 

Printed  by  Bradford  early  in  June,  1693.  This  is  No. 
I  in  Dr.  Moore's  list  of  Bradfords  in  his  Introduction 
of  Printing  into  New-  York.  One  of  two  copies  known. 


14  CATALOGUE. 

1694 

21  The  Laws  &  Acts  of  the  General  Assem- 

bly for  their  Majesties  Province  of  New 
York,  as  they  were  enacted  in  divers 
Sessions,  the  first  of  which  began 
April  the  9th,  Annoq.  Domini,  1691. 
At  New  York,  Printed  and  Sold  by 
William  Bradford,  Printer  to  their  Ma- 
jesties, King  William  &  Queen  Mary, 
1694.     Folio. 

The  first  edition  of  the  laws  of  New-York,  of  which 
only  seven  copies  —  two  of  them  imperfect  —  are 
known  to  exist.     This  is  the  only  uncut  copy  known. 

22  An  Almanack  for  the  Year  of  Christian 

Account  1694.  New  York.  By  Daniel 
Leeds,  New  York:  Printed  and  Sold 
by  William  Bradford  1694.      Sm.  8vo. 

The  only  known  copy  of  the  first  almanac  printed 
in  New- York.  The  advertisement  on  the  last  page 
sets  at  rest  the  question  as  to  where  Keith's  Truth 
Advanced  was  printed,  and  establishes  its  claim  to  be 
the  first  book  printed  in  New-York.  The  title-page 
is  for  the  first  time  reproduced  in  facsimile  as  a  fron- 
tispiece to  this  catalogue. 

23  Truth   Advanced   in   the  Correction   of 

many  Gross  &  hurtful  Errors.  By 
George  Keith.  Printed  in  the  Year 
1694.    Sm.  4to. 

The  first  book  printed  in  New- York,  Bradford's 
earlier  publications  having  been  only  pamphlets  or 
broadsides.  It  was  probably  issued  in  April  or  May, 
1694.  In  the  almanac  for  1694  it  is  said, "the  Laws 
will  be  speedily  printed,"  while  Truth  Advanced  is 
announced  as  "now  in  the  press." 


CATALOGUE.  I  $ 

1695 

24  The  Fifth  Assembly,  First  Sessions.  [Colo- 
phon] Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford,  Printer  to  his  Majesty,  King 
William,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in 
New  York,  1695. 

One  of  the  "  Session  Laws  "  issued  in  continuation 
of  the  collection  of  1694. 


1696 

25  A  Letter  of  Advice  to  a  Young  Gentle- 

man leaving  the  University  concerning 
his  Behaviour  and  Conversation  in  the 
World.  By  R.  L[ingard].  Printed  and 
Sold  by  VV.  Bradford,  Printer  to  his 
Majesty,  King  William,  at  the  Bible  in 
New  York,  1696.     Sm.  i2mo. 

First  printed  in  London  in  1671. 

26  Le  Tresor  des  Consolations  Divines   et 

Humaines,  ou  Traite  dans  lequel  le 
Chretien  peut  apprendre  k  vaincre  et  a 
surmonter  les  Afflictions  et  les  Miseres 
de  cette  vie.  A  New  York,  Chez  Guil- 
laume  Bradford,  k  I'Ensigne  de  la  Bible, 
1696.     Sm.  8vo. 

The  second  book  printed  in  French  in  the  British 
colonies.  It  was  issued  at  the  expense  of  a  Mr.  Pin- 
tard,  in  consequence  of  a  vow  made  by  him  during  a 
serious  illness.     The  only  known  copy. 


I 6  CATALOGUE. 

1697 

27  [An  Almanac  for  1697.     By  John  Clapp. 

New  York :  William  Bradford,  1697.] 
Sm.  8vo. 

The  author  of  this  —  the  fourth  or  fifth,  and  not  the 
first — New- York  almanac  kept  a  tavern  "about  two 
mile  without  the  City  of  New-York,  at  the  place 
called  the  Bowry."  A  notice  of  this  almanac,  with 
extracts  of  the  most  interesting  portions,  appeared  in 
Valentine' s  Manual  for  1853.  No  other  copy  than 
this  imperfect  one  is  known. 

28  News  of  a  Trumpet  sounding  in  the  Wil- 

derness, or  the  Quakers  ancient  Testi- 
mony revised,  examined  and  compared. 
By  Daniel  Leeds.  Printed  and  Sold  by 
William  Bradford  at  the  Bible  in  New 
York,  1697.     i6mo. 

A  bitter  attack  on  the  Society  of  Friends.  One  of 
two  copies  known  to  be  extant. 

1698 

29  The  Case  Put  &  Decided  by  George  Fox, 

and  other  the  most  ancient  &  eminent 
Quakers  between  Edward  Billing,  and 
some  West  Jersians  headed  by  Samuel 
Jenings,  In  an  award  relating  to  the 
Government  of  their  Province,  [n.  p. 
n.  d.]     Sm.  4to. 

Written  by  Daniel  Leeds  and  printed  by  Bradford 
in  1698.  The  quaintly  worded  title  is  unfortunately 
too  long  to  insert  in  full. 

30  A  Letter  from  a  Gentleman  of  the  City  of 

New  York,  to  another.  Concerning  the 


CATALOGUE.  1 7 

troubles  which  happen'd  in  that  Prov- 
ince in  the  time  of  the  late  happy  Rev- 
olution. Printed  and  Sold  by  WiUiam 
Bradford  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in 
New  York,  1698.     Sm.  4to. 

This  tract  relates  to  the  Leisler  affair.  Only  three 
copies  are  known  to  exist. 

1699 

31  By  his  Excellencey  Richard  Earl  of  Bello- 

mont,  Governour  of  New  York.  A  Pro- 
clamation. Printed  by  William  Brad- 
ford, Printer  to  the  Kings  most  Ex- 
cellent Majesty  in  New  York,  1699. 
Folio. 

This  proclamation  against  the  Scotch  settlement  at 
Darien  is  believed  to  be  unique. 

32  An  Almanack  for  the  Year  of  Christian  Ac- 

count 1699.  By  Daniel  Leeds.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  at  the 
Bible  in  New  York,  1699.     Sm.  8vo. 

1700 

33  Gospel  Order  Revived,  being  an  Answer 

to  a  Book  lately  set  forth  by  the  Rev- 
erend Mr.  Increase  Mather,  President 
of  Harvard  Colledge,  &c.  entituled  The 
Order  of  the  Gospel.  Printed  in  the 
Year  1700.     Sm.  4to. 

On  the  verso  of  a  leaf  preceding  the  title  is  the  ad- 
vertisement :  "  The  Reader  is  desired  to  take  Notice 
that  the  Press  in  Boston  is  so  much  under  the  aw  of 
the   Reverend  Author   whom   we   answer,   and   his 


1 8  CATALOGUE. 

Friends,  that  we  could  not  obtain  of  the  Printer  there 
to  print  the  following  Sheets,  which  is  the  only  true 
Reason  why  we  have  sent  the  Copy  so  far  for  its  Im- 
pression, and  where  it  printed  [jzc]  with  some  Diffi- 
culty." There  is  a  second  issue  of  the  tract  in  which 
the  last  seven  words  are  omitted.  The  "advertise- 
ment "  produced  a  great  sensation  in  Boston. 

17OI 

34  Acts  made  the  7th  Assembly  and  3d  Ses- 

sion,    [n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 
The  "Session  Laws  "  of  New-York  for  1701. 

1702 

35  An  Account  of  the  Illegal  Prosecution 

and  Tryal  of  Coll.  Nicholas  Bayard, 
in  the  Province  of  New-York,  for  sup- 
posed High-Treason,  in  the  year  170^. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford, 
at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  New- York, 
Mdccii.     Folio. 

One  of  three  copies  known.  Bayard  was  sentenced 
to  be  hanged,  drawn,  and  quartered;  but,  on  appeal  to 
the  King  in  Council,  the  proceedings  against  him  were 
declared  to  have  been  illegal. 

1703 

^6  A  Reply  to  Mr.  Increase  Mather's  Printed 
Remarks  on  a  Sermon  preached  by  G. 
K.  at  Her  Majesty's  Chapel  in  Boston, 
the  14th  of  June  1702.  By  George 
Keith.  Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford  at  the  Bible  in  New-York, 
1703.     Sm.  4to. 


CATALOGUE.  1 9 

1704 

37  A  Little  Olive  Branch  put  in  the  Mouth 

of  that  (so  called)  Noah's  Dove.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  at  the 
Sign  of  the  Bible  in  New-York,  1704. 
Sm.  4to. 

The  only  copy  known. 

38  Some  of  the  many  false,  scandalous,  blas- 

phemous &  self  contradicting  Assertions 
of  William  Davis,  faithfully  collected 
out  of  his  book  entituled  Jesus  the 
Crucified  Man.     [n.  p.  n.  d.]     Sm.  4to. 

Written  by  George  Keith  and  the  Rev.  Evan  Evans, 
Rector  of  Christ  Church  in  Philadelphia,  and  printed 
by  Bradford  in  1704. 

39  An  Answer  to  Mr.  Samuel  Willard,  His 

reply  to  my  printed  sheet  called  a 
Dangerous  and  hurtful  Opinion  main- 
tained by  him.  By  George  Keith. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford 
at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  New-York, 
1704.     Sm.  4to. 

40  The  Notes  of  the  True  Church.     A  Ser- 

mon preached  at  Trinity  Church  in 
New  York,  the  7th  of  November,  1703. 
By  George  Keith.  Printed  and  Sold 
by  William  Bradford  at  the  Sign  of  the 
Bible  in  New- York,  1704.     Sm.  4to. 

41  The  great  Necessity  &  Use  of  the  Holy 

Sacraments  of  Baptism  &  the  Lords 
Supper.    A  Sermon  preached  at  Trinity 


20  CATALOGUE. 

Church  in  New  York  the  28th  of  Novem- 
ber, 1703.  By  George  Keith.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  at  the 
Sign  of  the  Bible  in  New  York,  1704. 
Sm.  4to. 

1705 

42  Anno    Regni    Annae  Reginae   Tertio   et 

Quarto  [su].     London,  Printed.     And 
Re-printed  by  William  Bradford,  Printer 
to  the  Queens  most  Excellent  Majesty 
in  New-York,  1705.     Folio. 
Three  Acts  of  Parliament  regulating  trade. 

1706 

43  A  Sermon  preached  at  Trinity  Church  in 

New  York,  at  the  Funeral  of  the  Right 

Honourable  Katharine  Lady  Combury. 

By  John  Sharp.     Printed  and  Sold  by 

William  Bradford  at  the  Bible  in  New 

York,  1706.     Sm.  4to. 

Lord  Combury,  who  was  Governor  of  New- York  at 
the  time  of  his  wife's  death,  applied  to  the  Assembly 
for  a  grant  of  money  to  give  her  remains  a  public 
funeral;  the  Assembly  refused  the  application,  but 
added  they  would  be  happy  to  grant  his  lordship  one. 

1707 

44  Several  Laws,  Orders  &  Ordinances  estab- 

lished by  the  Mayor,  Recorder,  Alder- 
men and  Assistants  of  the  City  of  New 
York  conven'd  in  Common  Council. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford 
at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  1707.  Folio. 
The  earliest  edition  of  the  city  laws  extant. 


CATALOGUE.  2 1 

1708 

45  Grondlyche  Onderricht  van  Sekere  Voor- 

name  Hoofdstrucken^  der  Waren,  Lon- 
tern,  Saligmakenden,  Christelycken 
Leere,  Gegrondet  op  den  Grondt  van  de 
Apostelen  en  Propheten,  daer  Jesus 
Christus  de  Hoecksteen.  Door  Justus 
Falckner,  Minister  te  N.  York.  Ge- 
druckt  te  Nieuw  York  by  W.  Bradfordt, 
1708. 

This  catechism  is  probably  the  first  book  printed  in 
Dutch  in  America. 

1709 

46  An  Alarm  Sounded  to  prepare  the  Inhab- 

itants of  the  World  to  meet  the  Lord  in 
the  way  of  his  judgments.  By  Bath. 
Bowers,     [n.  p.  n.  d.]     Sm.  4to. 

The  first  tract  by  a  woman  written  and  printed  in 
the  middle  colonies. 

47  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  Ad- 

ministration of  the  Sacraments.  And 
other  Rites  and  Ceremonies  of  the 
Church,  according  to  the  Use  of  the 
Church  of  England.  Together  with  the 
Psalter,  or  Psalms  of  David,  printed  as 
they  are  to  be  sung  or  said  in  Churches. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford 
in  New  York,  1710.     Sm.  4to. 

The  first  and  only  issue  of  the  English  Prayer-Book 
in  America  before  the  Revolution.      The  vestry  of 
Trinity  Church  was   obliged  to  come  to  Bradford's 
relief,  as  he  was  a  heavy  loser  by  this  publication. 
This  copy  is  the  only  perfect  one  known  to  exist. 


2A 


22 


CATALOGUE. 


48  The  Laws  of  Her  Majesties  Colony  of 
New  York,  as  they  were  enacted  in  di- 
vers sessions,  the  first  of  which  began 
April  the  9th,  Annoq;  Dom.,  1691. 
Printed  by  William  Bradford,  Printer 
to  the  Queens  most  Excellent  Majesty 
for  the  Colony  of  New- York,  17 10. 
Folio. 

The  second  edition  of  the  laws  of  New-York. 


1711 

49  A  Platform  of  Church-Discipline  agreed 

upon  at  Cambridge  1649.  New  York. 
Printed  by  William  and  Andrew  Brad- 
ford 17 1 1.     Sm.  8vo. 

One  of  the  very  few  books  bearing  the  imprint  of  a 
partnership  which  lasted  but  a  year. 

1712 

50  The  Great  Concernment  of  Gospel  Ordi- 

nances manifested  in  a  sermon  at  the 
ordination  of  the  Reverend  Mr.  Jona- 
than Dickinson.  By  Joseph  Morgan. 
Printed  by  William  and  Andrew  Brad- 
ford in  New  York,  1712.     i6mo. 

1713 

51  The  Portsmouth  Disputation  Examined. 

Being  a  brief  Answer  to  the  Arguments 
used  by  the  Anti-Psedo-Baptists  in  the 
Disputation  held  at  Portsmouth  be- 
tween some  Baptist  and  Presbyterian 


CATALOGUE.  23 

Ministers.  By  Joseph  Morgan.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  in  New- 
York,  1 6 13.     i6mo. 

52  The  American  Almanack  for  the  year  of 

Christian  Account  17 13.  By  Daniel 
Leeds.  Printed  by  Will.  Bradford  in 
New  York,  17 13.     Sm.  8vo. 

The  last  of  the  series  begun  in  1686  by  Daniel 
Leeds. 

53  The  Churches   Quarrel  Espoused,  or   a 

Reply  in  Satyre  to  certain  Proposals 
made,  in  Answer  to  this  Question,  What 
further  Steps  are  to  be  taken  in  the  In- 
terest of  the  Churches  in  the  Country  ? 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford 
in  N.  York,  17 13.     i6mo. 

The  first  edition  of  the  Rev.  John  Wise's  revolt 
against  the  attempt  of  the  Mathers  to  create  an  asso- 
ciation of  ministers  which  should  exercise  the  authority 
belonging  to  the  individual  churches. 


1714 

54  Leeds  17 14.  The  American  Almanack 
for  the  year  of  Christian  Account  17 14. 
By  Titan  Leeds.  Printed  by  Will. 
Bradford  in  New- York  17 14.    Sm.  8vo. 

The  preface  contains  a  valedictory  from  Daniel 
Leeds,  beginning,  "  It  is  now  27  years  that  I  have 
supplyed  my  Country-men  with  a  Diary  gratis,"  and 
concluding  with  a  promise  of  assistance  to  his  sixteen- 
year-old  son,  whose  name  appears  on  the  title. 


24  CATALOGUE. 

55  War  with  the  Devil,  or,  the  Young  Man's 

Conflict  with  the  Powers  of  Darkness, 
&c.  By  B.  K.  The  Twelfth  Edition, 
[n.  p.  d.  about  17 14.]     i6mo. 

A  volume  of  poems  by  Benjamin  Keach,  a  Baptist 
preacher,  who  died  about  the  beginning  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  This  volume,  printed  by  Bradford 
not  earlier  than  1 713,  is  interesting  from  the  verses 
prefixed  by  him  and  his  wife,  both  of  whom,  in  "  Com- 
mendation "  or  "  Vindication  of  this  Book,"  fell  into 
poetry  very  much  in  the  style  of  Silas  Wegg. 

1715 

56  The  History  of  the  Kingdom  of  Basaruah. 

Printed,  and  Sold  by  the  Book-sellers 
in  Boston,  17 15.     i6mo. 

The  author  of  this  "  very  curious  allegory  "  is  sup- 
posed to  be  the  Rev.  Joseph  Morgan.  It  was  very 
popular  in  the  colonies,  and  was  several  times  re- 
printed. This,  the  first  edition,  although  "  Sold  by  the 
Book-sellers  in  Boston,"  was  printed  by  Bradford. 

57  The  Morning  and  Evening  Prayer,  the 

Litany,  Church  Catechism,  Family 
Prayers,  and  several  Chapters  of  the 
Old  and  New  Testament,  Translated 
into  the  Mahaque  Language  by  Law- 
rence Claesse.  Printed  by  William  Brad- 
ford in  New  York,  17 15.     Sm.  4to. 

The  first  "  Mohawk  Prayer-Book,"  and  the  first 
book  printed  in  an  Indian  dialect  in  New-York.  Ex- 
cepting the  English  title,  it  is  wholly  in  Mohawk. 

1716 

58  Lex  Parliamentaria,  or  a  Treatise  of  the 

Law  and  Custom  of  the  Parliaments  of 


CATALOGUE.  25 

England.    By  G.  P.    London,  Printed, 

and  Reprinted  in  New-York  and  Sold 

by  William  and  Andrew  Bradford  in  New 

York  and  Philadelphia,  1 7 1 6.    Sm.  8vo. 

This  manual  was  compiled  by  George  Petyt,  and 
first  published  in  London  in  1690. 

1717 

59  Remarks  upon  Mr.  Gales  Reflections  on 

Mr.  Walls  History  of  Infant  Baptisms. 

Printed  for  and  sold  by  T.  Wood.    [n.  p. 

n.  d.]     Sm.  8vo. 

This  is  the  first  published  work  of  the  Rev.  Jonathan 
Dickinson,  the  first  President  of  the  College  of  New 
Jersey.  Although  dated  Elizabeth  Town,  March  25, 
1 716,  the  then  first  day  of  the  EngHsh  year,  Bradford's 
receipt  for  printing  it  is  dated  Aug.  24,  171 7,  from 
which  it  is  supposed  the  date  should  have  been 
March  25,  1 716-17. 

60  The  Laws  and  Acts  of  the  General  As- 

sembly of  his  Majesties  Province  of 
Nova  Caesarea  or  New  Jersey.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  William  Bradford,  Printer 
to  the  Kings  Most  Excellent  Majesty 
for  the  Province  of  New  Jersey,  17 17. 
Folio. 

The  second  collected  edition  of  the  laws  of  New 
Jersey. 

1718 

61  Acts  passed  at  a  General  Assembly  begun 

and  held  at  Perth-Amboy,  in  New- 
Jersey,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred 
and  Eighteen,     [n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 

Thirteen  unnumbered  pages,  printed  by  Bradford 
in  1718. 


26  CATALOGUE. 

I719 

62  The  Laws  of  His  Majesties  Colony  of 

New  York.  Printed  by  William  Brad- 
ford, Printer  to  the  Kings  most  Ex- 
celent  Majesty  for  the  Colony  of  New 
York,  1 7 19.     Folio. 

The  fourth  edition  of  the  laws  of  New-York  printed 
by  Bradford. 

1720 

63  Acts  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  of 

the  Province  of  New- York,  June,  17 19. 
[n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 

Printed  by  Bradford  in  1 720. 

172I 

64  Acts  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  of 

the  Province  of  New-York,  July,  1721. 
[n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 

1722 

65  Acts  passed  by  the  General  Assembly  of 

the  Province  of  New- York,  in  July,  1722. 
[n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 

1723 

66  An  Ordinance  for  Regulating  the  Times 

of  Sitting  of  the  Courts  of  Judicature 
in  the  Province  of  New-Jersey,  [n.  p. 
n.  d.]     Folio. 

Printed  by  Bradford  in  1723. 


CATALOGUE.  27 

1724 

67  An  Essay  on  Scripture-Prophecy,  Where- 

in it  is  Endeavoured  to  explain  the  three 
periods  contained  in  the  XII.  Chapter 
of  the  Prophet  Daniel.  Printed  in  the 
Year  Mdccxxiv.     Sm.  4to. 

By  William  Burnet,  a  son  of  the  famous  Bishop  of 
Salisbury,  and  then  Governor  of  New-York  and  New 
Jersey.  It  is,  typographically,  the  handsomest  book 
printed  by  Bradford. 

1725 

68  Klagte   van  Eenige  Leeden  der  Neder- 

duytse  Hervormde  Kerk,  woonende 
op  Raretans  in  de  Provincie  van  Nieu- 
Jersey.  Over  het  Gedrag,  Aldaar  en 
Elders,  van  Do.  T.  J.  Frilinghuisen, 
met  syn  Kerken  Raaden.  Ten  Ant- 
woord  op  hunne  Ban-dreygende  Daag- 
Brieven,  &c.  Aan  alle  Liefhebbers 
der  Waarheyd,  ter  ondersoek,  voorge- 
steld,  hoe  die  Gegrond  zyn,  of  Niet. 
Uytgegeven  door  de  Gevolmagtigden 
der  gemelde  Leeden.  Te  Nieu-York, 
Gedruckt  by  William  Bradford  en  J. 
Peter  Zenger.     1725.     Sm.  4to. 

The  only  book  known  with  this  joint  imprint.  Some 
members  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  churches  near  the 
Raritan,  having  accused  the  Rev.  Mr.  Frelinghausen  of 
preaching  false  doctrine,  were  finally  expelled  from  the 
church  by  him.  They  published  this  volume  in  vindi- 
cation of  their  conduct. 

1726 

69  The  True  State  of  Mr.  Rou's  Case,  or,  a 

Short  Discourse  concerning  his  differ- 


28  CATALOGUE. 

ence  with  the  present  Consistory  of  the 
French  Church  in  New- York.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  WilHam  Bradford  in  the 
City  of  New-York,  1726.     Sm.  8vo. 

This  is  Rev.  Louis  Rou's  statement  of  his  side  of 
the  question  in  the  attempt  of  the  consistory  to  remove 
him  from  his  post  as  pastor  of  the  French  Church. 
He  was  successful  in  resistance  to  their  efforts,  and 
died  in  1 750,  after  holding  the  office  for  over  forty 
years. 

70  Anno   Regni    Georgii    Regio    Duodeci- 

mo. At  a  Session  of  the  General  As- 
sembly for  the  Province  of  New  York, 
begun  the  5th  of  April  1726  the  follow- 
ing Acts  were  passed.  Printed  and  Sold 
by  William  Bradford,  Printer  to  the 
King's  most  Excellent  Majesty  for  the 
Province  of  New  York,  1726.     Folio. 

1727 

71  The  History  of  the  Five  Indian  Nations 

depending  on  the  Province  of  New- 
York.  Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford  in  New- York  1727.   Sm.  Svo. 

The  original  edition  of  Colden's  Five  Nations. 

72  Obadiah  Palmer  and  others,  Complain- 

ants, against  Jacobus  Van  Cortland  & 
Adolph  Philipse,  Defendants.  In  Can- 
cellaria  Novae  Eborac.  [n.  p.  n.  d.] 
FoHo. 

This  suit  was  brought  to  determine  the  title  to  the 
**  Great  Neck  "  at  Mamaroneck.  But  one  other  per- 
fect copy  is  known. 


CATALOGUE.  29 

1728 

73  An  Ordinance  for  Establishing  the  Reme- 

dies for  abuses  in  the  practise  of  the 
law.  [Colophon]  Printed  by  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  Printer  to  the  King's 
most  Excellent  Majesty  for  the  Province 
of  New- York,  1728.     Foho. 

74  The  Decree  in  the  case  of  Solomon  De 

Medina  and  others  Complainants, 
against  Rene  Het  and  others  Defen- 
dants. In  Cancellaria  Nova  Eborac. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  WilHam  Bradford 
in  New  York,  1728.     Folio. 

One  of  two  perfect  copies  known. 

1729 

75  The   Secretary's  Guide  or  Young  Man's 

Companion.       The     Fourth    Edition. 

Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford 

in  New-York,  1729.     Sm.  8vo. 

Compiled  by  Bradford  himself  about  1697.  In  his 
address  "To  the  Reader,"  he  says:  "  It  is  now  above 
thirty  years  since  I  first  compiled  this  short  Manual, 
during  which  time  several  Impressions  have  sold  off, 
and  each  time  it  has  been  Reprinted,  it  has  been  en- 
larged, and  now  in  this  fourth  Edition,  thou  wilt  find 
many  additions,  in  order  to  make  it  more  useful  than 
heretofore." 

1730 

76  Acts  of  Assembly  passed  between   1726 

and  1730.     [n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 

A  continuation  of  the  revision  of  1726.  Printed 
by  Bradford  in  1730. 


30 


CATALOGUE. 


I73I 

77  Laws,  Orders  &  Ordinances  Established 

by  the  Mayor,  Recorder,  Aldermen  and 
Assistants  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
conven'd  in  Common  Council,  for  the 
good  rule  and  government  of  the  In- 
habitants. Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford  in  the  City  of  New- York, 
1 73 1.     Folio. 

1732 

78  Leeds,  1732.     The  American  Almanack 

for  the  Year  of  Christian  Account  1732. 
By  Titan  Leeds.  Printed  and  Sold  by 
William  Bradford  in  New- York  and 
Andrew  Bradford  in  Philadelphia,  [n.d.] 
Sm.  8vo. 


1733 

79  The  Charge  of  the  Honourable  James 
DeLancey,  Esq;  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Province  of  New- York,  to  the  Gentle- 
men of  the  Grand  Jury  for  the  City 
and  County  of  New  York,  on  the  15th 
day  of  January,  1733.  New- York. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford. 
1733.     Folio. 

This  "  Charge  "  is  mainly  devoted  to  the  subject  of 
libels,  and  may  be  looked  upon  as  the  first  step  in  the 
prosecution  of  Zenger.  It  must  not  be  overlooked  that 
the  date  of  the  imprint  is  a  technically  legal  one,  and 
that  to  conform  to  common  usage  it  should  have  been 

1733-4- 


CATALOGUE.  31 

1734 

80  Mr.  Smith's  Opinion  humbly  offered  to  the 

General  Assembly  of  the  Colony  of 
New  York,  one  [sic]  the  Seventh  of 
June,  1734.  At  their  request.  Occa- 
sioned by  sundry  petitions  of  the  In- 
habitants of  the  City  of  New-York,  &c. 
praying  an  Establishment  of  Courts  of 
Justice  by  Act  of  Legislature.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  WilHam  Bradford  in  the 
City  of  New  York,  1734.     Folio. 

The  opinion  by  William  Smith  is  followed  by  one 
by  Joseph  Murray,  another  distinguished  colonial 
lawyer,  on  the  same  question. 

81  The   Report   of  the  Committee  of  His 

Majesty's  Council  to  whom  it  was  re- 
ferred to  examine  and  make  enquiry 
touching  a  Letter  found  in  the  house  of 
Mr.  Alexander.  In  order  to  make  the 
fullest  discovery  concerning  the  Author 
of  the  same.  New-York,  Printed  and 
Sold  by  William  Bradford,  1734.  Folio. 

1735 

82  The  Necessity  of  Religious  Violence  in 

order  to  obtain  durable  happiness.  A 
Sermon  by  Gilbert  Tennent.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  William  Bradford  in  New- 
York.     [1735.]     Sm.  8vo. 

1736 

83  Some  Necessary  and  Important  Considera- 

tions directed  to  all  sorts  of  people. 


32  CATALOGUE. 

Taken  out  of  the  writings  of  Sir  Mat- 
thew Hales  [sic].  Printed  and  Sold 
by  William  Bradford  in  New  York, 
1736.     Sm.  8vo. 

1737 

84  The  Gospel  Method  of  Salvation  or  the 

condemned  state  of  man,  and  the  way 
appointed  by  God  for  his  recovery  con- 
sidered in  three  Sermons.  By  Samuel 
Blair.  Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford  in  New  York,  1737.    Sm.  8vo. 

1738 

85  The  American  Almanack  for  the  year  of 

Christian  Account  1738.  Printed  and 
Sold  by  William  Bradford  in  N.  York, 

1738.  Sm.  8vo. 

The  copy  shown  is  a  specimen  of  old  Bradford's 
economy,  being  in  part  printed  on  the  blank  sides  of 
spoiled  sheets  of  Blair's  Gospel  Method  {^o.  84  supra)y 
the  printed  sides  having  been  pasted  together. 

1739 

86  The  American  Almanack  for  the  year  of 

Christian  Account  1739.  Printed  and 
Sold  by  William  Bradford  in  N.  York, 

1739.  S"^-  ^vo. 

In  the  column  of  events  in  the  calendar  for  May  is 
the  follovi^ing:  "The  printer  born  the  20th,  1663." 
The  actual  date  would  not  be  known  but  for  this 
curious  entry,  as  it  is  not  given  in  the  record  of  his 
baptism,  and  is  misstated  on  his  tombstone  and  in  the 
notice  of  his  death  in  Parker's  Gazette.  One  of  two 
copies  known. 


CATALOGUE.  33 

1740 

87  A  Call   to    the  Weary  &  heavy   Laden 

to  come  Christ  for  Rest.  A  Sermon 
by  Jonathan  Dickinson.  New-York. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  William  Bradford, 

1740.  Sm.  8vo. 

88  A  Supplement  to  the  New-York  Gazette 

of  Monday,    the    14th  of  April,  1740. 

[n.  p.  n.  d.J     Folio. 

A  filibustering  squib  in  the  form  of  a  reply  to  a  very 
illiterate  letter  asking  the  printer's  advice,  the  whole 
being  doubtless  old  Bradford's  own  production. 

I74I 

89  Journal  of  the  Votes  and  Proceedings  of 

the  General  Assembly  of  the  Colony  of 
New-York,  begun  the  15th  day  of  Sept. 

1 741.  [Colophon]  Printed  and  Sold 
by  William  Bradford  in  New  York, 
1 741.     Folio. 

1742 

90  The  American  Almanac  for  the  year  of 

Christian  Account  1742.  By  Titan 
Leeds.  Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford  in  N.  York,  1742.     Sm.  8vo. 

1743 

91  Poor  Will's  Almanack   for  the  Year   of 

Christian  Account,  1743.  By  William 
Birket.  Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
Bradford  in  N.  York,  1734  [for  1743]. 
Sm.  8vo. 


34  CATALOGUE. 

BOOKS   PRINTED    BY  AND    RELAT- 
ING TO  JOHN  PETER  ZENGER. 

1725 

92  Klagte.  Printed  by  Bradford  and  Zenger. 

See  No.  6S. 

1726 

93  Verdeediging  van  D.  Bernardus  Freeman, 

wegens  het  gene  hem  voornaamlyk 
ten  Laste  gelegt  word  in  zeeker  Boek, 
genaamt  Klagte,  &c.  Te  Nieuw-York, 
Gedrukt  by  J.  Peter  Zenger,  in  't  Jaar 
MDCCXXVI.     i6mo. 

94  Samenspraak  over  de  Klaghte  der  Rari- 

tanders;  so  in  't  Gemeen,  als  wel  in  't 
Besonder,  wegens  het  gene  in  die  ter 
neder  gestelt  is  ten  Laste  van  CorneHus 
van  Santvoord.  Te  Nieuw-York,  Ge- 
drukt by  J.  Peter  Zenger,  1726.     i6mo. 

95  The  Adorable  Ways  of  God  in  His  Sov- 

ereign Government,  particularly  over 
the  Powers  of  this  World.  Explained  in 
Three  Sermons  By  Petrus  van  Driessen, 
V.D.M.  New- York,  Printed  by  John 
Peter  Zenger,  MDCCXXVI.    Sm.  4to. 

1727. 

96  The  Charge  given  by  the  Chief  Justice 

of  the  Province  of  New- York,  to  the 
Grand  Jury  of  the  City  of  New-York, 
in  March  Term,  1726-7.     New- York, 


CATALOGUE.  35 

Printed  and  sold  by  John  Peter  Zenger, 

1727.     Sm.  4to. 

The  Chief  Justice  was  Lewis  Morris.  In  defining  the 
various  indictable  crimes,  he  says :  "  As  to  the  several 
kinds  of  Witchcraft,  our  Laws,  I  think,  are  a  little 
obscure,  and,  I  hope,  we  are  so  far  West  as  to  know 
nothing  of  it  but  by  Name." 

1729 

97  Een  Trouwhertig  Vertoog  van  Een  waare 

Rechtveerdige,in  tegenstellinge  van  een 
Godloose  Sondaar.  Voorgestelt  in 
Twee  Predikatien.  Door  Do.  Theo- 
dorus  Jacobus  Frilinghausen.  Nieuw- 
York,  Gedrukt  voor  S.  Gerritsen,  en 
J.  D.  Puy,  by  John  Peter  Zenger, 
MDCXXIX.     \sic.\     i6mo. 

1731 

98  Necessarius.      The   Continuance   of   an 

able  and  Godly  Minister  very  useful  to 
a  People.  A  Sermon  at  the  Funeral  of 
the  Rev.  John  Davenport.  By  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Cooke.  Printed  by  J.  P.  Zenger 
in  New-York,  1731.     i6mo. 

1732 

99  Maxima  libertatis  custodia  est,  ut  magna 

imperia   diuturna  non  sint,  &  tempora 

modus  imponatur  quibus  juris  imponi 

non    potest.      Mammerc.    apud    Liv. 

[Colophon]      New-York,    printed    by 

John    Peter    Zenger,    MDCCXXXII. 

Folio. 

A  political  handbill  on  the  dissolution  of  the  As- 
sembly by  the  Governor. 


36  CATALOGUE. 

1733 

100  The  Opinion  and  Argument  of  the  Chief 

Justice  of  the  Province  of  New-York, 
concerning  the  jurisdiction  of  the  su- 
pream  Court  of  the  said  Province  to 
determine  causes  in  a  course  of  equity. 
The  Second  Edition  corrected.  New- 
York,  Printed  and  Sold  by  J.  Peter 
Zenger.     1733.     FoHo. 

This  opinion  on  one  of  the  points  raised  in  the 
quarrel  over  their  fees  between  Governor  Cosby  and 
Rip  van  Dam,  the  acting  governor,  led  to  the  summary 
removal  of  Lewis  Morris  from  the  chief-justiceship. 

1734 

1 01  Some  Observations  on  the  Charge  given 

by  the  Honourable  James  De  Lancey, 
Esq.;  Chief  Justice  of  the  Province  of 
New- York,  to  the  Grand  Jury  the  15th 
Day  of  January,  1733.  [Colophon] 
New-York.  Printed  and  sold  by  J. 
Peter  Zenger,  Price  I J".    1733-4.  Folio. 

102  A  Vindication  of  James  Alexander,  one 

of  his  Majesty's  Council  for  the  Province 
of  New-York;  and  of  WilHam  Smith, 
Attorney  at  Law,  From  the  matters 
charged  and  suggested  against  them 
in  two  pamphlets  lately  published. 
The  one  a  Paper  addressed  to  the 
Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of 
the  City  of  New- York,  by  the  Honour- 
able Francis  Harison.  The  other  A 
Report  of  the  Committee  of  his  Ma- 


CATALOGUE.  37 

jesty's  Council,  touching  a  letter  found 
in  the  house  of  Mr.  Alexander.  To 
which  is  added  a  Supplement  contain- 
ing a  brief  account  of  the  case  of  Wil- 
liam Trusdell,  against  the  Honourable 
Francis  Harison.  Printed  by  John 
Peter  Zenger,  and  to  be  sold  by  him  at 
his  House  in  Broad  Street,  near  the 
upper  end  of  the  long  Bridge,  in  New 
York,  1734.     Folio. 

1735 

103  The  Complaint  of  James  Alexander  and 

William  Smith  to  the  Committee  of  the 

General  Assembly   of  the  Colony  of 

New- York,  &c.     [n.  p.  n.  d.]     Folio. 

Alexander  and  Smith,  counsel  for  Zenger,  having 
raised  a  point  as  to  the  legality  of  the  Court,  were 
immediately  disbarred.  Their  complaint  to  the 
Assembly  on  this  act  of  the  Court  was  printed  by 
Zenger. 

104  The  Espousals,  or  a  Passionate  Perswa- 

sive  to  a  Marriage  with  the  Lamb  of 
God.  A  Sermon  by  Gilbert  Tennent. 
New- York,  Printed  by  J.  Peter  Zenger, 
1735.     Sm.  8vo. 

105  The   Danger   of   Forgetting   God,   de- 

scrib'd.  A  Sermon  by  Gilbert  Tennent. 
New- York.  Printed  by  John  Peter 
Zenger.     1735.     Sm.  8vo. 

106  The  Charter  of  the  City  of  New-York, 

Printed  by  Order  of  the  Mayor,  Re- 

3A 


38  CATALOGUE. 

corder,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty  of 
the  City  aforesaid.  To  which  is  added 
the  Act  of  Assembly,  confirming  the 
same.  New- York,  Printed  by  John 
Peter  Zenger.     1735.     Folio. 

107  A  brief  Narrative  of  the  Case  and  Tryal 

of  John  Peter  Zenger,  Printer  of  the 
New- York  Weekly  Journal.  [Colo- 
phon] Boston:  Thomas  Fleet.  1738.  4to. 

108  The  same.     Lancaster:   Reprinted  and 

Sold  by  W.  Dunlap.     1756.     Folio. 

109  The  same.      New- York:  Reprinted  by 

John  Holt,  at  the  Exchange.  1770. 
Sm.  4to. 

1 10  The  Tryal  of  John  Peter  Zenger,  of  New 

York,  Printer,  who  was  lately  Try'd  and 
Acquitted  for  Printing  and  Publishing 
a  Libel  against  the  Government.  Lon- 
don: J.  Wilford.     1738.     4to. 

The  first  London  edition. 

111  The  same.    The  Second  Edition.    Lon- 

don: J.  Wilford.     1738.     4to. 

112  The  same.     The  Third  Edition.     Lon- 

don: J.  Wilford.     1738.     4to. 

113  The  same.    The  Fourth  Edition.     Lon- 

don: J.  Wilford.     1738.     4to. 


CATALOGUE.  39 

114  The    Case    and   Tryal    of  John    Peter 

Zenger.  London:  J.  Wilford.  1750. 
8vo. 

115  The  Trial  of  John  Peter  Zenger  of  New 

York,  Printer.  London:  J.  Ahiion. 
MDCCLXV.     8vo. 

116  Remarks  on  Zenger's  Trial.     London: 

J.  Roberts.     1738.     4to. 

117  The  Vanity  of  Human  Institutions  in 

the  Worship  of  God.  A  Sermon 
by  Jonathan  Dickinson.  New-York, 
Printed  by  John  Peter  Zenger,  1736. 
Sm.  8vo. 

1739 

118  A  Short  Direction  for  an  Unregenerate 

Sinner,  shewing  how  he  may  come  to 
Christ.  Written  in  Dutch  by  a  Lover 
of  the  Truth,  and  Translated  into 
English  by  a  Well- Wisher  to  all  men. 
New- York,  Reprinted  by  John  Peter 
Zenger,  1739.    Sm.  8vo. 

1740 

119  Een     Korte     Handleiding     voor     een 

Onweder  geboren  Sondaar,  om  tot 
Christus  te  koomen.  Opgestelt  door 
een  Liefhebber  der  Waarheid.  Nieuw- 
York,  Gedrukt  by  J.  Peter  Zenger,  1740. 
Sm.  8vo. 

The  preceding  in  Dutch. 


40  CATALOGUE. 

Hater  |5ciu^iocfe  ^rintct^^ 

JAMES   PARKER. 

1743 

120  Journal  of  the  Votes  of  and  Proceedings 

of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Colony 

of  New- York.     Begun  the  Eighth  Day 

of  November,  1743.  New-York:  Printed 

and  Sold  by  James  Parker,  at  the  New 

Printing-Office  on  Hunter's-Key.  1743. 

Folio. 

Parker  succeeded  Bradford  as  public  printer,  and 
this  volume  is  probably  the  first  issued  from  his  press. 

1744 

121  A  Journal  of  the  Proceedings  in  the  De- 

tection of  the  Conspiracy  formed  by 
some  White  People  in  conjunction  with 
Negro  and  other  Slaves,  for  burning  the 
City  of  New- York  in  America,  and 
murdering  the  Inhabitants.  By  the  Re- 
corder of  the  City  of  New-York.  New- 
York:  Printed  by  James  Parker,  at 
the  New  Printing-Office,  1744.     4to. 

This  copy  of  the  original  edition  of  "  Horsmanden's 
Negro  Plot  "  is  the  only  uncut  one  known  to  exist. 
Parchment. 

122  An  Explication  of  the  First  Causes  of 

Action  in  Matter,  and  of  the  Cause  of 
Gravitation.     New-York :    Printed  by 
James  Parker.     1745.     Sm.  8vo. 
By  Lieutenant-Governor  Cadwallader  Golden. 


CATALOGUE.  4I 

1746 

123  A  Treaty  between  his  Excellency  The 

Honourable  George  Chnton,  Governor 
of  the  Province  of  New- York,  and  the 
Six  United  Indian  Nations,  and  other 
Indian  Nations  depending  of  the  Prov- 
ince of  New- York.  Held  at  Albany 
in  August  and  September,  1746.  New- 
York  :  Printed  and  Sold  by  James  Par- 
ker at  the  New-Printing-Ofhce  in  Bea- 
ver Street,  1746.     Folio. 

124  A  Guide  to  Vestrymen:  or,  an  Essay, 

endeavouring  to  shew  the  duty  and 
power  of  the  Vestrymen  of  the  City  and 
County  of  New-York.  Published  by 
order  of  the  Corporation.  New  York : 
Printed  and  Sold  by  James  Parker, 
at  the  New-Printing-Office,  in  Beaver- 
Street,  1747.     Sm.  8vo. 

The  office  of  vestryman  of  the  city  of  New-York  in 
colonial  times  was  vested  with  duties  not  imposed  upon 
their  successors  of  to-day  —  the  vestrymen  of  Trinity 
Church.  They  levied  local  taxes,  had  a  share  in  the  man- 
agement of  the  Loan  Office,  etc.,  etc.  It  is  a  likely  little 
piece  of  satire,  although  issued  with  every  semblance  of 
emanating  from  its  pretended  source.  The  introduction 
concludes:  "  Now,  on  the  Whole,  if  you  can  with  Pa- 
tience bear  Affronts,  and  hear  yourself  abused  with- 
out giving  occasion  ;  if  you  can  run  the  Risque  of 
suffering  in  your  Interest  and  Reputation,  and  have 
Courage  and  Zeal  enough  to  discharge  your  Duty, 
notwithstanding  these  and  many  other  Difficulties, 
then  it  may  be  said,  you  are  tolerably  qualified  for  a 
Vestryman." 


42  CATALOGUE. 

1747 

125  Philosophic  Solitude:  or  the  Choice  of  a 

Rural  Life.     By  a  Gentleman  educated 

at  Yale  College.     New-York:   Printed 

by  James  Parker.     1747. 

By  William  Livingston,  afterward  Governor  of  New 
Jersey. 

126  A  Bill  in  the  Chancery  of  New-Jersey  at 

the  suit  of  John,  Earl  of  Stair  and  others, 
against    Benjamin   Bond   and    others. 
New-York:    Printed  by  James  Parker, 
1747. 
An  uncut  copy. 

1749 

127  Laws,  Statutes,  Ordinances  and  Consti- 

tutions, Ordained,  Made  and  Estab- 
lished by  the  Mayor,  Recorder,  Alder- 
men and  Assistants  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  convened  in  Common-Council. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  J.  Parker,  at  the 
New  Printing  Office  in  Beaver-Street, 
1749.     Folio. 

1750 

128  Horae   Lyricae.      Poems  chiefly  of  the 

Lyric  Kind.  By  I.  Watts,  D.  D. 
New-York :  Re-printed  by  James  Par- 
ker, at  the  New  Printing-Office,  in 
Beaver-Street.     1750.     i6mo. 

This  edition  contains  a  poem  by  Watts  to  Jonathan 
Belcher,  Esq.,  appointed  to  the  Government  of  New 
England,andsomecomplimentary  lines  by  the  witty  Dr. 
Mather  Byles,  of  Boston,  "To  the  Rev.  Dr.  Watts  on 
his  Divine  Poems,"  not  usually  found  in  other  editions. 


CATALOGUE.  43 

1767 

129  The  Psalms  of  David,  with  the  Ten 
Commandments,  Creed,  Lord's  Prayer, 
&c.  in  Meter.  Translated  from  the 
Dutch  for  the  use  of  the  Reformed 
Protestant  Dutch  Church  of  the  City 
ft  of  New  York.    New- York:  Printed  by 

K         James  Parker.     1767.     8vo. 

P  One  of  the  earliest  books  with  music  printed  from 
type,  issued  in  America.  The  music  was  arranged 
for  this  work  by  Francis  Hopkinson,  afterward  one 
of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 


HENRY  DE  FOREEST. 

1744 

130  A    Short    tho'    True    Account    of   the 

Establishment  and  Rise  of  the  Church 
so  called  Moravian  Brethren,  under 
the  protection  and  administration  of 
Nicholas  Lodewyck  Count  of  Zinzen- 
dorf.  By  G.  D.  New-York.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  Henry  De  Foreest,  living 
in  Smith-Street,     [n.  d.]     Sm.  8vo. 

A   bitter    attack    on    the    Moravians    written    by 
Gerardus  (?)  Duyckinck  in  1744. 

131  The  New- York  Almanack.    For  the  year 

of  Christian  Account,  1745.  By  Coper- 
nicus, Philomath.  New-York.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  Henry  De  Foreest,  living 


44  CATALOGUE. 

in  Smith-Street,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Print- 
ing Office,     [n.  d.]     Sm.  8vo. 

The  first  of  the  series  of  New-York  Almanacks. 
The  compiler  was  probably  J.  Gale,  and,  as  was  usual 
with  such  publications,  it  was  issued  in  October  or 
November,  1744. 

1749 

132  An  Almanack,  for  the  year  of  our  Lord 

Christ,  1750.  By  Roger  Sherman.  New- 
York.  Printed  and  Sold  by  Henry  De 
Foreest,  living  in  Wall-Street,  at  the 
sign  of  the  printing  Press.  [n.  d.] 
Sm.  8vo. 

The  first  publication  of  the  "  only  man  who  enjoys 
the  singular  distinction  of  having  signed  all  of  the 
four  most  important  State  papers  in  American  his- 
tory— the  Articles  of  Association  of  the  Congress  of 
1774,  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  the  Articles  of 
Confederation,  and  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States." 

1751 

133  De  Gekruicigde  Christus,  als  het  Voor- 

naamste  toeleg  an  Gods  Getroiiwe 
Kruisgesanten,  in  hunne  Prediking. 
Uitgesprooke  op  den  14  October,  1750, 
Door  Lambertus  De  Ronde.  Nieuw- 
York,  Gedruckt  by  Hendricus  De 
Foreest,  in't  Jaar  1751.     Sm.  4to. 

The  first  sermon  preached  by  De  Ronde  as  associate 
pastor  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  New-York. 
Prefixed  are  some  commendatory  verses  by  the  Rev. 
Gualtherius  Du  Bois,  the  senior  pastor  of  the  church, 
then  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age. 


CATALOGUE.  45 

1752 

134  De  Ware  Gedagt'nis,  Gelovigne  Navol- 

ging  en  salig  uiteinde  van  Getrouwe 
Voorgangers^  Verklaarten  Toegepast, 
in  ene  Lykrede  uit  Hebr.  13,  vs.  7. 
Door  Lambertus  De  Ronde.  New-York, 
Gedrukt  by  Hendricus  De  Foreest. 
In't  Jaar,  1752.     Sm.  4to. 

The  funeral  sermon  preached  in  October,  175 1,  by 
De  Ronde,  on  the  death  of  the  Rev.  Gualtherius 
Du  Bois. 

1754 

135  An  Abstract  of  Military  Discipline;  More 

particularly  with  Regard  to  the  Manual 
Exercise,  Evolutions,  and  Firings  of  the 
Foot.  From  Col.  Bland.  Boston 
Printed,  New-York,  Reprinted  and 
Sold  by  Henry  De  Foreest.  1754. 
Sm.  8vo. 


JOHN  ZENGER,  JR. 

1746 

136  A  Brief  Vindication  of  the  Purchasers 
against  the  Propritors  [sk],  in  a  Christian 
Manner.  New-York.  Printed  by  J. 
Zenger,  jun.     1745-6.     Sm.  8vo. 

Written  by  Grififin  Jenkin,  in  relation  to  the  title  to 
lands  in  East  New  Jersey.  The  only  example  of  J. 
Zenger,  Jr.'s,  imprint  known. 


46 


CATALOGUE. 


CATHARINE  ZENGER. 

1747 

137  An  Answer  to  the  Council  of  Proprietor's 
two  Publications;  sett  forth  at  Perth- 
Amboy  the  25th  of  March,  1746  and 
the  25th  of  March,  1747.  [Colophon] 
New- York:  Printed  and  Sold  by  the 
Widow  Catharine  Zenger,  at  the  Print- 
ing-Officein  Stone-Street,  1747.    Folio. 

With  the  exception  of  two  or  three  almanacs  and 
the  New-  York  Weekly  Journal^  no  other  example  of 
this  imprint  is  known. 


HUGH    GAINE. 

1754 

138  A  Brief  Vindication  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Trustees  relating  to  the  College. 
By  an  Impartial  Hand.  New- York : 
Printed  and  Sold  by  H.  Gaine,  at  the 
Printing- Office,  in  Queen-Street,  be- 
tween the  Fly  and  Meal  Markets.  1754. 
Folio. 

1755 

139  A   Narrative  of  a  New   and   Unusual 

American  Imprisonment  of  two  Pres- 
byterian Ministers,  and  Prosecution  of 
Mr.  Francis  Makemie,  One  of  them 
for  preaching  one  Sermon  in  the  City 
of  New  York.  By  a  Learner  of  Law 
and  Lover  of  Liberty.  New- York: 
Re-printed    and    Sold    by  H.   Gaine, 


CATALOGUE.  47 

at  the  Printing-Office  between  the  Fly 
and  Meal-Markets.    1755.     Sm.  4to. 
The  first  edition  appeared  in  Boston  in  1707. 

1762 

140  Horae  Lyricae.  Poems  chiefly  of  the 
Lyric  Kind.  By  I.  Watts,  D.  D.  New- 
York  :  Printed  and  Sold  by  Hugh 
Gaine,  Book-seller,  and  Stationer,  at  the 
Bible  and  Crown,  in  Hanover-Square. 
M,DCC,LXII.     24mo. 

This  edition  is  not  mentioned  in  Haven's  List. 

1769 

141  A  Treatise  on  Courts  Martial.    Contain- 

ing, I.  Remarks  on  Martial  Law,  and 

Courts   Martial  in   general.     IL  The 

j  Mannerof  Proceeding  against  Offenders. 

j  To  which  is  added,  An  Essay,  on  Military 

[  Punishments  and  Rewards.  By  Stephen 

Payne  Adye.    New- York  :  Printed  by 

H.  Gaine,  at  the  Bible  and  Crown,  in 

Hanover-Square,  1769.    Sm.  8vo. 

The  first  edition  of  the  first  English  treatise  on  the 
subject. 

142  A  Medical  Discourse  on  an  Historical 

Inquiry  into  the  Ancient  and  Present 
State  of  Medicine :  Delivered  at  open- 
ing [sic]  the  Medical  School  in  the  City 
of  New-York.  By  Peter  Middleton, 
M.  D.  New-York  :  Printed  by  Hugh 
Gaine,  in  Hanover  Square.  M,DCC,- 
LXIX.     8vo. 


48  CATALOGUE. 

I77I 

143  Charter  for  Establishing  an  Hospital  in 

the  City  of  New- York.  Granted  by  the 
Right  Hon.  John,  Earl  of  Dunmore, 
the  13th  June,  1771.  New-York: 
Printed  by  H.  Gaine,  at  the  Bible  and 
Crown,  in  Hanover-Square.  M,DCC,- 
LXXI.     4to. 

1774 

144  Extracts  from  the  Votes  and  Proceed- 

ings of  the  American  Continental  Con- 
gress, held  at  Philadelphia,  5th  Sep- 
tember, 1774.  New- York:  Printed  by 
H.  Gaine,  at  the  Bible  and  Crown  in 
Hanover-Square.  M,D  C  C,L  X  X I V. 
Sm.  8vo. 


PARKER   AND   WEYMAN. 

145  A  General  Idea  of  the  College  of  Mira- 
nia;  Address'd  to  the  Consideration 
of  the  Trustees  nominated,  by  the  Leg- 
islature, to  receive  Proposals,  &c.  rela- 
tive to  the  Establishment  of  a  College 
in  the  Province  of  New- York.  New- 
York  :  Printed  and  Sold  by  J.  Parker 
and  W.  Weyman,  at  the  New  Printing- 
Ofhce  in  Beaver-Street,  1753.     8vo. 

By  the  Rev.  William  Smith,  afterward  Provost  of 
the  College  and  Academy  of  Philadelphia. 


CATALOGUE.  49 

^754 

146  The    Charter  of  the  College  of  New- 

York,  in  America.  Published  by  order 
of  his  Honour  the  Lieutenant  Governor, 
in  Council.  New- York :  Printed  and 
Sold  by  J.  Parker  and  W.  Weyman,  at 
the  New  Printing-Office  in  Beaver- 
Street,  MDCCLIV.     Folio. 

The  original  edition  of  the  charter  of  the  College  of 
New-York,  afterward  King's,  and  now  Columbia,  Col- 
lege. 

147  Serious  Considerations  on  the  Present 

State  of  the  Affairs  of  the  Northern 

Colonies.     New- York :    Printed  for  the 

Author,  1754.     i6mo. 

By  Archibald  Kennedy,  Collector  of  the  Port  of 
New-York,  whose  son  of  the  same  name  became 
nth  Earl  of  Cassilis.  It  was  printed  by  Parker  and 
Weyman. 

148  The  Antidote  against  Destructions.     By 

Richard  Steel.  New- York :  Printed  and 
Sold  by  J.  Parker  and  W.  Weyman,  at 
the  New  Printing-Office  in  Beaver- 
Street,  1754.     Sm.  8vo. 

WILLIAM    WEYMAN. 
1761 

149  Evening    Service   of  Rohashanah,  and 

Kippur.  Or  the  Beginning  of  the  Year, 
and  the  Day  of  Atonement.  New- York: 
Printed  by  W.  Weyman,  in  Broad- 
Street.     MDCCLXL     Svo. 


50  CATALOGUE. 

1762. 

150  Laws  of  New- York,  from  the  nth  Nov. 

1752,  to  22d  May  1762.  Published 
according  to  an  Order  of  the  General 
Assembly.  The  Second  Volume.  Di- 
gested by  William  Livingston  and  Wil- 
liam Smith,  jun.  New-York  :  Printed 
by  William  Weyman  Printer  to  the 
Government,  at  the  New  Printing-Office 
in  Broad-Street.    MDCCLXIL   Folio. 

The  first  volume  was  printed  by  Parker  in  1 752. 

JOHN    HOLT. 

1763 

151  Laws,  Statutes,  Ordinances  and  Consti- 

tutions, Ordained,  Made  and  Estab- 
lished by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen  and 
Commonalty  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
convened  in  Common  Council.  Printed 
and  Sold  by  John  Holt,  at  the  New 
Printing  Office,  at  the  lower  End  of 
Broad  Street,  opposite  the  Exchange, 
1763.     Foho. 

1764 

152  Report  of  an  Action  of  Assault,  Battery 

and  Wounding,  Tried  in  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Judicature  for  the  Province  of 
New- York,  in  October  1764,  between 
Thomas  Forsey,  Plaintiff,  and  Waddel 
Cunningham,  Defendant.     New- York: 


CATALOGUE.  5 I 

Printed  by  John  Holt,  in  the  Year  1764. 
Sm.  8vo. 

The  original  edition  of  the  report  of  a  celebrated 
litigation  which  involved  "the  integrity  of  trial  by 
jury  in  the  province  of  New-York,  or  rather  that 
feature  of  trial  by  jury  which  related  to  the  legal  effect 
of  the  jury's  verdict." 

1765 

153  Considerations  on  the  Propriety  of  im- 

posing Taxes  in  the  British  Colonies, 
for  the  purpose  of  raising  a  Revenue  by 
Act  of  Parliament.  North  America: 
Printed  by  a  North  American.  New- 
York  :  Re-printed  by  John  Holt,  in  the 
year  1765.     8vo. 

By  Daniel  Dulany,  attorney-general  of  Maryland; 
against  the  Stamp  Act. 

1766 

154  Prayers  for  Shabbath,  Rosh-Hashanah, 

and  Kippur;  or  the  Sabbath,  the  Be- 
ginning [sic]  of  the  Year,  and  the  Day 
of  Atonements  &c.  Translated  by 
Isaac  Pinto.  And  for  him  printed  by 
John  Holt,  in  New- York.  A.  M.  5526. 
Sm.  4to. 

The  ritual  of  the  Spanish  and  Portuguese  Jews. 

155  Another  copy,  with  the  corrected  title- 

page. 

1770 

156  The   Plea   and   Answer   of   the   Right 

Honourable  William  Earl  of  Sterling, 


52  CATALOGUE. 

and  others,  Proprietors  of  East  New- 
Jersey  to  John  Hunt's  Bill  in  Chancery. 
New  York :  Printed  by  John  Holt,  at 
the  Exchange,  1770.     Folio. 

1773 

157  A  Narrative  of  the  Proceedings  Subse- 

quent to  the  Royal  Adjudication,  con- 
cerning the  Lands  to  the  Westward  of 
Connecticut  River,  lately  usurped  by 
New-Hampshire,  with  remarks  on  the 
claim,  behavior,  and  misrepresentations, 
of  the  intruders  under  that  government. 
New  York:  Printed  by  John  Holt,  near 
the  Coffee  House.  M,DCC,LXXIII. 
Folio. 

JAMES   PARKER   AND   COMPANY. 

1761 

158  A   Sermon   delivered    at    Nassau-Hall, 

January  14,  1761.  On  the  Death  of 
his  late  Majesty  King  George  H.  By 
Samuel  Davies.  The  Second  Edition. 
To  which  is  prefixed,  a  brief  account  of 
the  Life  of  the  Author  by  David  Bost- 
wick.  Minister  of  the  Presbyterian  Con- 
gregation in  New-York.  New- York: 
Printed  by  J.  Parker  and  Company. 
MDCCLXL     8vo. 

Davies  was  president  of  Nassau  Hall,  now  Princeton 
College.  He  died  a  few  weeks  after  the  delivery  of 
the  sermon,  the  first  edition  of  which  was  printed  at 
Philadelphia. 


CATALOGUE.  53 

159  The  Genealogy  of  Jesus  Christ,  accord- 

ing to  St.  Matthew  and  St.  Luke, 
examined,  illustrated  and  vindicated; 
wherein  the  differences  between  the 
two  Evangelists  are  explained,  and  the 
seeming  inconsistencies  reconciled.  By- 
John  Arthur,  Gent.  Printed  and  Sold 
by  James  Parker  and  Company,  at  the 
New-Printing-Office,  in  Beaver-street. 
1762.     8vo. 

GARRAT   NOEL   (PUBLISHER). 

160  The  Lady's  Preceptor.     Or,  a  Letter  to 

a  Young  Lady  of  Distinction  upon  Po- 
liteness. Taken  from  the  French  of 
Abb6  D'Ancourt,  and  adapted  to  the 
Religion,  Customs  and  Manners  of  the 
English  Nation.  By  a  Gentleman  of 
Cambridge.  The  Sixth  Edition.  Lon- 
don Printed :  Re-printed  for  and  Sold 
by  Garrat  Noel,  Bookseller  near  the 
Merchant's  Coffee  House,  in  New- 
York.     1762.     8vo. 


SAMUEL    BROWN. 

1766 

161  Theological  Theses,  containing  the  chief 
Heads  of  the  Christian  Doctrine,  by 
Isaac  Sigfrid,  and  Daniel  Wyttenbach 
of  Bern.     Translated  from  the  Latin. 

4A 


54  CATALOGUE. 

To  which  is  added  a  Discourse  by  Ger- 
rit  Lydekker.  New- York,  Printed  and 
Sold  by  Samuel  Brown,  at  the  foot 
of  Potbaker's  Hill,  between  the  New- 
Dutch  Church  and  Fly-Market.  1766. 
Sm.  8vo. 

162  A  Faithful  Narrative  of  the  Remarkable 
Revival  of  Religion,  in  the  Congrega- 
tion of  East-Hampton,  on  Long-Isl- 
and, in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1764.  By 
Samuel  Buell.  New-York  :  Printed  by 
Samuel  Brown,  at  the  foot  of  Pot- 
baker's-Hill,  between  the  New  Dutch- 
Church  and  Fly-Market,  1766.  Sm. 
8vo. 


SAMUEL   INSLEE  AND 
.   ANTHONY   CAR. 

1771 

163  An  Enquiry  into  the  Nature,  Cause  and 
Cure,  of  the  Angina  Suffocativa,  or, 
Sore  Throat  Distemper,  as  it  is  com- 
monly called  by  the  Inhabitants  of  this 
City  and  Colony.  By  Samuel  Bard, 
Professor  of  Medicine  in  King's  Col- 
lege. New- York:  Printed  by  S.  Ins- 
slee  and  A.  Car,  at  the  New-Printing- 
Office  in  Beaver-Street.  M,DCC,LXXI. 
8vo. 


CATALOGUE.  55 

ROBERT  HODGE 
AND  FREDERICK  SHOBER. 

1773 

164  The  Doctrine  of  Absolute  Predestination 

stated  and  asserted.  Translated  in  a 
great  measure  from  the  Latin  of  Jerom 
Zanchius,  by  Augustus  Toplady.  New- 
York  :  Printed  by  Hodge  and  Shober, 
for  Samuel  Loudon,  on  Hunter's  Key. 
M.DCC.LXXni.     i2mo. 

1775 

165  The  Moral  and    Religious    Miscellany. 

By  Hugh  Knox,  D.  D.  in  St.  Croix. 
New-York :  Printed  by  Hodge  and 
Shober.     M.DCC.LXXV.     8vo. 


FREDERICK   SHOBER  AND 
SAMUEL   LOUDON. 

166  The  Works  of  Flavius  Josephus.  Trans- 
lated into  English  by  Sir  Robert  L'Es- 
trange,  Kt.  Vol.  IV.  New-York: 
Printed  by  Shober  and  Loudon,  for 
John  McGibbons  and  Robert  Hodge. 
M.DCC.LXXV.     8vo. 

The  whole  work  comprises  four  medium  octavo 
volumes  of  about  five  hundred  pages  each.  The  first 
volume  was  printed  in  Philadelphia,  and  the  other 
three  in  New- York. 


56  CATALOGUE. 

JAMES  RIVINGTON. 

167  A  Full  Vindication  of  the  Measures  of 

the  Congress  from  the  calumnies  of  their 
enemies.  New- York:  Printed  by  James 
Rivington. 

By  Alexander  Hamilton. 

168  A  New  Voyage  Round  the  World,  in 

the  years  1768,  1769,  1770  and  1771; 
performed  by  Captain  James  Cook. 
Drawn  up  by  John  Hawkeswork.  In 
Two  Volumes.  Vol.  I.  New-York : 
Printed  by  James  Rivington,  1774. 
i2mo. 

The  frontispiece  of  the  first  volume  was  engraved 
by  Paul  Revere,  of  Lexington  fame,  and  the  maps  in 
the  second  volume  by  Bernard  Romans. 

169  A  Short  State  of  the  Proceedings  of  the 

Proprietors  of  East  and  West  Jersey, 
relative  to  the  Line  of  Division  between 
them.  New  York  :  Printed  by  James 
Rivington,  M,DCC,LXXV.     8vo. 

170  The  Americans  Roused  in  a  Cure  for  the 

Spleen.  Taken  in  short-hand  by  Sir 
Roger  De  Coverly.  New-England, 
Printed,  New- York,  Reprinted,  by 
James  Rivington.     [n.  d.]     8vo. 

By  Jonathan  Sewall,  attorney-general  of  Massachu- 
setts. Bound  up  with  twenty  other  loyalist  tracts, 
printed  by  Rivington. 


CATALOGUE.  57 

JOHN  ANDERSON. 

1776 

171  The   Crisis.      Volume   I.      Containing 

xxviii  Numbers.  London  Printed, 
New  York,  Reprinted  by  John  An- 
derson, at  Beekman's-Slip.  M,DCC,- 
LXX,VI.     8vo. 

This  is  not  Tom  Paine's  Crisis,  but  a  reprint  of  an 
English  periodical,  begun  in  January,  1775,  whose 
anti-ministerial  tone  made  it  very  popular  in  America, 
where  several  reprints  were  issued. 

25oofe^  ^rintcb  in  iJJcto^f  orft 
l©ttftout  ^ttt\ttt^^  ^mnt^. 

1767 

172  The  Conduct  of  Cadwallader  Colden, 

Esquire,  late  Lieutenant-Governor  of 
New- York:  Relating  to  the  Judges 
Commissions,  Appeals  to  the  King,  and 
the  Stamp-Duty.  Printed  in  the  Year 
MDCCLXVII.     8vo. 

This  pamphlet  gave  great  offense,  and  the  "Assem- 
bly made  every  effort  to  discover  the  author,  but  in 


vam." 


1775 

173  A  Consise  Natural  History  of  East  and 
West  Florida.  Containing  an  account 
of  the  natural  produce  of  the  southern 
part  of  British  America.  Illustrated 
with  twelve  copper-plates.    By  Captain 


S8 


CATALOGUE. 


Bernard  Romans.  Vol.  I.  New- York : 
Printed  for  the  Author,  M,DCC,LXXV. 

The  plates  were  designed  and  etched  by  the  author. 

1764 

174  A  Letter  from  a  Gentleman  in  Transil- 

vania  to  his  friend  in  America,  giving 
some  account  of  the  late  disturbances 
that  have  happen'd  in  that  Govern- 
ment. By  Isaac  Bickerstaff  of  the 
Middle  Temple.  New-York:  Printed 
in  the  Year,  1764.    Sm.  8vo.  (h.  2007.) 

This  —  one  of  the  series  of  pamphlets  relating  to  the 
massacre  of  the  Indians  by  the  Paxton  Boys  —  was 
printed  at  Philadelphia  by  Anthony  Armbriister.  The 
author,  Isaac  Hunt,  the  father  of  Leigh  Hunt,  was 
refused  his  degree  (in  course)  of  Master  of  Arts,  by 
the  trustees  of  the  College  of  Philadelphia,  for  writing 
it  and  other  scurrilous  pamphlets. 

1767 

175  The  Disappointment:  or,  the  Force  of 

Creduhty.  A  New  American  Comic- 
Opera,  of  two  Acts.  By  Andrew  Bar- 
ton, Esq.  New- York :  Printed  in  the 
Year  MDCCLXVII.     Sm.  8vo. 

The  author  of  this  very  coarse  play  was  Thomas 
Forrest,  afterward  a  distinguished  officer  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary Army.  It  was  announced  for  presentation 
at  the  theater  in  Philadelphia,  but  was  withdrawn  at 
the  last  moment,  because,  it  is  said,  the  characters, 
all  drawn  from  living  Philadelphians,  were  too  thinly 
disguised.  It  was  printed  in  Philadelphia  by  William 
Goddard. 


CATALOGUE.  59 

25oofe  ^rintcb  at  3tlbanp» 

ALEXANDER  <&  JAMES  ROBERTSON. 

1773 

176  Laws   and  Ordinances   of  the   Mayor, 

Recorder,  Aldermen  and  Commonalty 
of  the  City  of  Albany.  Albany :  Printed 
by  Alexander  and  James  Robertson, 
1773.     Sm.  4to. 

25oofe^  from  ^enn^plbania  ^tt^^t^^ 

jBraiiforii';s  anu  jFranfelin'js  QSxce^teXi. 

REINIER  JANSEN. 

177  Gods  Protecting  Providence  Man's  surest 

help  and  defence  In  the  times  of  the 
greatest  difficulty  and  most  imminent 
danger;  Evidenced  in  the  remarkable 
deliverance  of  divers  persons  from  the 
devouring  waves  of  the  sea,  amongst 
which  they  suffered  ship  wrack  [sic]. 
And  also  from  the  more  cruelly  devour- 
ing jawes  of  the  inhumane  canibals  of 
Florida.  Faithfully  related  by  one  of 
the  persons  concerned  therein,  Jonathan 
Dickinson.  Printed  in  Philadelphia  by 
Reinier  Jansen,  1699.   Sm.  4to.  (h.  69.) 

The  first  book  printed  in  Philadelphia  after  Brad- 
ford's removal  to  New-York.  One  of  three  perfect 
copies  known. 


6o  CATALOGUE. 

178  Truth  Rescued  from  Forgery  &  False- 

hood, being  an  Answer  to  a  late  Scur- 
rilous piece  entitled  the  case  Put  and 
Decided  &c.  Which  stole  into  the 
World  without  any  known  authors 
name  affixed  thereto,  and  renders  it 
the  more  like  it's  Father,  who  was  a 
lyar  and  mutherer  from  beginning. 
By  Samuel  Jenings.  Printed  at  Phila- 
delphia by  Reynier  Jansen  1699.  Sm. 
4to.     (h.  70.) 

1702 

179  Instructions  for  Right-Spelling,  and  Plain 

Directions  for  Reading  and  Writing 
True  English.  With  several  delightful 
things  very  useful  and  Necessary,  for 
both  Young  and  Old,  to  Read  and 
Learn.  By  G.  Fox  Reprinted  at  Phil- 
adelphia by  Reynier  Jansen  1702. 
i6mo.     (h.  69.) 

The  only  perfect  copy  known.     The  first  edition 
was  printed  in  London  in  1683. 


ANDREW   BRADFORD. 

180  The  Laws  of  the  Province  of  Pennsil- 
vania  Collected  into  One  Volumn  [sic]. 
By  order  of  the  Governor  and  Assem- 
bly of  the  said  Province.  Printed  & 
Sold  by  Andr.  Bradford  in  Philadelphia, 
1 7 14.     Folio,     (h.  128.) 


CATALOGUE.  6l 

i8i  Forcing  a  Maintenance  not  Warrantable 

from  Holy  Scripture,  for  a  Mister  of  the 

Gospel.   By  Thomas  Chalkley.  Printed 

at  Philadelphia  17 14.    i6mo.  (h.  126.) 

Probably  the  first  book  printed  by  Andrew  Bradford 
in  Philadelphia. 

1718 

182  A  Letter  to  his  Majesty's  Justices  of  the 

Peace  for  the  County  of  Chester.  With 

the  Govemour's  Speech.     Philadelphia, 

Printed,  and  Sold  by  Andrew  Bradford. 

MDCCXVIII.     4to.     (H.  147.) 

By  Sir  William  Keith,  Governor  of  Pennsylvania. 
One  of  the  earliest  American  examples  of  printing  in 
two  colors.     The  only  known  copy. 

1721 

183  Some  Remedies  proposed  for  the  Re- 

storing the  sunk  credit  of  the  Province 
of  Pennsylvania;  with  some  remarks  on 
its  Trade.  By  a  Lover  of  his  Country. 
Printedinthe  Year,  1721.  8vo.  (h.  174.) 

Written  by  Francis  Rawle,  in  favor  of  a  paper  cur- 
rency. For  printing  this  tract  Bradford  was  summoned 
before  the  Provincial  Council,  but  escaped  with  a  repri- 
mand. 

SAMUEL  KEIMER. 
1724 

184  The  Independent  Whig.     (h.  224.) 

One  of  Keimer's  earliest  productions.  He  began 
reprinting  it  in  weekly  numbers  toward  the  end  of 
1723,  but  soon  discontinued  this  form  of  publication 
and  printed  off  the  remainder  in  book  form. 


62  CATALOGUE. 

1728 

185  The  History  of  the  Rise,  Increase,  and 
Progress  of  the  Christian  People  called 
Quakers.  By  William  Sewel.  The 
Third  Edition.  Philadelphia  :  Printed 
and  Sold  by  Samuel  Keimer  in  Sec- 
ond Street.     MDCCXXVIII.     Folio. 

H.  (350.) 

Keimer  was  engaged  in  printing  this  book  for  three 
years.  It  has  been  made  famous  by  Franklin,  who 
relates  in  his  autobiography  how  his  first  employment, 
after  starting  in  business  with  Meredith,  was  the  com- 
posing of  the  last  forty  sheets  of  this  volume. 


DAVID  HARRY. 

1730 

186  Vital  Christianity:  A  Brief  Essay  on  the 

Life  of  God  in  the  Soul  of  Man.  Phila- 
delphia: Printed  by  David  Harry,  1730. 
i2mo.     (h.  412.) 

By  Cotton  Mather.  The  first  edition  was  printed 
by  Keimer  "  for  Eleazer  Phillips,  in  Charles-Town  in 
New-England." 

187  A  Treatise  concerning  Marriage:  wherein 

the  unlawfulness  of  Mixt- Marriages  is 
laid  open  from  the  Scriptures  of  Truth : 
Shewing  that  is  contrary  to  the  will  of 
God;  and  the  practices  of  His  people 
in  former  ages,  for  persons  of  different 
judgments  in  matters  of  religious  wor- 


CATALOGUE.  6^ 

ship  to  be  joined  together  in  Marriage. 
By  Moses  West.  Philadelphia:  Re- 
printed and  Sold  by  David  Harry  in 
Second-Street,    [n.  p.J    8vo.     (h.  416.) 

First  printed  in  London  in  I707'  This  tract  was  a 
favorite  among  the  Quakers  of  the  last  century,  run- 
ning through  twelve  editions  before  1800. 


CHRISTOPHER  SOWER. 

1739 

188  Zionitischer     Weyrauchs-Hiigel     Oder 

Myrrhen  Berg,  worinnen  allerley  lieb- 
liches  und  wohlriechendes  nach  Apothe- 
ker-Kunst  zu  bereitetes  Rauch-Werck 
zu  fiden,  Germantown :  Gedruckt  bey 
Christoph  Saur.  1739.  i6mo.   (h.  617.) 

The  first  book  printed  in  America  from  German 
type  and  the  first  book  printed  by  Saur.  It  consists 
of  a  collection  of  hymns  written  by  members  of  the 
Ephrata  Cloister,  in  Pennsylvania. 

1743 

189  Biblia,  Dasist:  Die  Heilige  Schrift  Altes 

und  Neues  Testaments,  nach  der  Deut- 
schen  Uebersebzung  II.  Martin  Luthers. 
Germantown:  Gedruckt  bey  Christoph 
Saur,  1743.     4to.     (h.  804.) 

The  first  Bible  printed  in  America  in  a  European 
language. 


64  CATALOGUE. 

ANDREW  &  WILLIAM  BRADFORD. 

1740 

190  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems.  Published 
by  John  Wesley  and  Charles  Wesley. 
Philadelphia:  Printed  by  Andrew  and 
William  Bradford,  and  sold  for  the 
Benefit  of  the  Poor  in  Georgia. 
MDCCXL.  i2mo.     (h.  668.) 


WILLIAM  BRADFORD  THE  SECOND. 

1743 

191  The  Interest  of  New- Jersey  considered, 

with  regard  to  Trade  and  Navigation 
by  paying  of  Duties^  etc.  Philadelphia: 
Printed  and  sold  by  William  Bradford, 
at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible  in  Second- 
Street.     [1743.]     Sm.  4to.     (h.  832.) 

1744 

192  Twenty-Three  Sermons  upon  the  Chief 

End  of  Man,  &c.  By  Gilbert  Tennent. 
Philadelphia:  Printed  and  Sold  by  Wil- 
liam Bradford,  at  the  Sign  of  the  Bible 
in  Second  Street.  MDCCXLIV.  Sm. 
4to.     (h.  904.) 

One   of  the   very  best   specimens    of  the   second 
William  Bradford's  press. 


CATALOGUE.  65 

193  A  Catalogue  of  Books.     Just  Imported 

from  London,  and  to  be  sold  by  W. 
Bradford,  at  the  London-Coffee-House, 
Philadelphia.  Wholesale  and  Retaile. 
With  good  allowance  to  those  that  take 
a  quantity,   [n.p.  n.  d.]  8vo.  (h.  1660.) 

Printed  by  William  Bradford  the  second,  about 
1760, 

CORNELIA  BRADFORD. 

1744 

194  The  American  Almanack  for  the  year 

of  Christian  Account  1745.  By  Titan 
Leeds.  Philadelphia :  Printed  and  Sold 
by  Cornelia  Bradford,  at  the  Sign  of 
the  Bible  in  Front-street,  near  High- 
street.     [1744.]     Sm.  8vo.     (h.  884.) 

Cornelia  Bradford  was  the  widow  of  Andrew  Brad- 
ford. 

ISAIAH  WARNER. 

195  Diejenigen  Anmerkungen,  Welche   der 

Herr  Autor  des  Kurzen  Extrects,  &c. 
Von  dem  Herrn  v.  Thumstein  d.  z. 
Postore  der  Evangel.  Luth.  Gemeine 
Jesu  Christi  zu  Philadelphia.  In  der 
Vorrede  seiner  Schrift  freundlich  be- 
gehret  hat.  Philadelphia:  Gedruckt 
und  zu  finden  bei  Isaias  Warner. 
MDCCXLII.     (H.  795.) 

By  Nicholas  Lewis,  Count  Zinzendorff,  the  founder 
of  the  Moravians.  He  was  also  Count  Thurnstein, 
and  used  that  title  for  a  time  while  in  America. 


66  CATALOGUE. 

EPHRATA. 

1745 

196  Giildene    Aepffel   in    Silbern    Schalen. 

Oder:  Schone  und  niitzliche  Worte 
und  Wahrheiten  zur  Gottseligkeit. 
Ephrata,  im  Jahr  des  Heils,  1745. 
i6mo.     (h.  932.) 

There  were  two  issued  of  this  collection  of  hymns — 
one  for  use  at  Ephrata,  with  a  preface  which  was 
omitted  from  the  copies  intended  for  use  by  the 
Mennonites.  The  title-pages  are  also  different ;  both 
varieties  are  in  the  copy  exhibited. 

1748 

197  De  Blutige  Shau-Platz  oder  Martyrer- 

Spiegel  der  Tauffs  Gesinten  oder  Wehr- 
losen-Christen.  Die  gelitten  haben 
bis  auf  das  Jahr  1660.  Vormals 
aus  unterschiedlichen  glaubwiirdigen 
Chronicken  gesamlet  und  in  Holland- 
ischer  Sprach  heraus  gegeben  von  T. 
J.  V.  Braght.  Nun  aber  sorgfaltigst  ins 
Hochteutsche  iibersetzt  und  erstenmal 
ans  Licht  gebracht.  Ephrata  in  Pen- 
sylvanien,  Drucks  und  Verlags  der 
Bruederschaft.  Anno  MDCCXLVIII. 
Folio,     (h.  1050.) 

This  is  the  largest  book  printed  in  America  before 
the  Revolution. 

1767 

198  The  Family  Prayer-Book.     Containing 

Morning    and    Evening    Prayers    for 


CATALOGUE.  67 

Families  and  private  Persons.  Eph- 
rata:  Printed  for  William  Barton. 
MDCCLXVII.     8vo.     (h.  2297.) 

An  adaptation  of  the  Prayer-Bookof  the  Established 
Church,  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Barton.  The  only  per- 
fect copy  known. 


GODHARD  ARMBRUSTER. 

1747 

199  Die  Lautere  Wahrheit  oder  Ernstliche 
Betrrachtung  des  gegenwartigen  Zus- 
tandes  der  Stadt  Philadelphia  und  der 
Provintz  Pensylvanien.  Von  einem 
Handwercksmannin  Philadelphia.  Phil- 
adelphia, Gedruckt  und  zu  finden  bey 
Godhard  Armbruester,  1747.  8vo.  (h. 
6009.) 

A  German  translation  of  Franklin's  "Plain  Truth." 


JOHN  BOHM. 

1748 

200  Schwanen  Gesang.  Oder  Letzte  Arbeit, 
des  Herrn  Johann  Jacob  Hochreutner, 
Mit  einerZuschrifft  versehn  von  Michael 
Slatter.  Philadelphia:  Gedruckt  bey 
Johann  Boehm,  1748.   4to.    (h.  1075.) 

Bohm  was  a  copperplate-printer,  and  was  for  a  time 
in  partnership  with  Franklin. 


68  CATALOGUE. 

JAMES  CHATTIN. 

1754 

201  Gods  mercy  surmounting  Man's  cruelty, 

exemplified  in  the  Captivity  and  Re- 
demption of  Elizabeth  Hanson,  wife 
of  John  Hanson,  of  Knoxmarsh  at 
Kecheachy,  in  Dover  Township,  who 
was  taken  captive  with  her  children, 
and  maid-servant,  by  the  Indians  in 
New-England  in  the  year  1724.  The 
second  edition.  Philadelphia :  Printed 
and  Sold  by  James  Chattin,  in  Church- 
Alley,  1754.     Sm.  8vo.     (h.  1342.) 

Of  the  first  edition,  which  was  printed  by  Keimer 
in  Philadelphia  in  1 728,  no  copy  is  known  to  exist. 

1755 

202  Religion  and  Patriotism  the  Constitu- 

ents of  a  good  Soldier.  A  Sermon 
preached  to  Captain  Overton's  Inde- 
pendent Company  of  Volunteers,  raised 
in  Hanover  County,  Virginia,  August 
17,1755.  By  Samuel  Davies.  Philadel- 
phia: Printed  by  James  Chattin,  1755. 
4to.     (h.  1409.) 

This  sermon,  preached  just  after  Braddock's  defeat, 
is  rendered  remarkable  by  the  following  prophetic 
note  on  page  9:  "As  a  remarkable  Instance  of  this, 
I  may  point  out  to  the  Public  that  heroic  Youth, 
Col.  Washington,  whom  I  cannot  but  hope  Provi- 
dence has  hitherto  preserved  in  so  signal  a  Manner, 
for  some  important  Service  to  his  County." 


CATALOGUE.  69 

ANTHONY  ARMBRUSTER. 

1755 

203  Eine  Kurtze  Nachrist;  von  der  Christ- 

lichen  und  Liebreichen  Anhalt,  welche 
zum  Besten  und  zur  Unterweissing  der 
Armen  Teutschen;  und  ihrer  Nach- 
Kommen  in  Pennsylvanien,  und  an- 
deren  daran  grantzenden  EngUschen 
Provinzien  in  Nord- America  errichtet 
worden  ist.  Philadelphia,  Gedruckt 
'durch  Anton  Armbriister,  in  der  Drit- 
ten-Strasz,  1755.    4to. 

The  only  known  copy  of  the  German  edition  of  the 
Rev.  WiHiam  Smith's  "  Brief  History  of  the  Charitable 
Scheme  for  the  Relief  and  Instruction  of  Poor  Ger- 
mans, in  Pennsylvania,  &c."     Not  in  Hildeburn. 

WILLIAM  DUNLAP. 

1759 

204  A   Military   Treatise   on  the   Appoint- 

ments of  the  Army.  Containing  many 
useful  hints,  not  touched  upon  before 
by  any  Author.  By  Lieutenant  Webb, 
of  His  Majesty's  Forty-eighth  Regi- 
ment. Philadelphia:  Printed  by  W. 
Dunlap,  at  the  Nevvest-Printing-Office, 
MDCCLIX.     Sm.  8vo.     (h.  1653.) 

The  author,  Thomas  Webb,  who  lost  an  eye  at  the 
siege  of  Quebec,  is  better  known  as  one  of  the 
earliest  Methodist  preachers  in  America,  than  as  a 
soldier  or  writer  on  military  subjects. 

5A 


70  CATALOGUE. 

PETER  MILLER  AND  COMPANY. 

1759 

205  Die  Erzehlungen  von  Maria  le  Roy  und 

Barbara  Leininger,  welche  vierthalb 
Jahr  unter  den  Indianern  gefangen 
gewesen,  und  am  6ten  May  in  dieser 
Stadt  gliicklich  angekommen.  Phila- 
delphia gedruckt  und  zu  haben  in  der 
teutchen  Buchdrukerey  das  Stiick  vor 
6Pentz.  M,DCC,LIX.  8vo.  (h.  1626.) 

The  only  copy  known  of  this  "Indian  Captivity." 

BOOKS  PRINTED  BY 

BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN. 

1729 

206  A  Modest  Enquiry  into  the  Nature  and 

Necessity  of  a  Paper  Currency.  Phila- 
delphia :  Printed  and  Sold  at  the  New 
Printing-Office,  near  the  Market,  1729. 
Sm.  8vo.     (h.  365.) 

Franklin's  first  pamphlet,  written  and  published  by 
him  in  America. 

207  A  Brief  Examination  of  the  Practice  of 

the  Times.  Printed  for  the  Author, 
1729.     Sm.  8vo.    (h.  378.) 

The  first  edition  of  Ralph  Sandiford's  antislavery 
book. 

208  The  Psalms  of  David  imitated  by  Isaac 

Watts.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  B. 
F.  and  H.  M.  at  the  New  Printing- 


CATALOGUE.  7 1 

Office,  near  the  Market.  1729.  Sm. 
8vo.     (h.  387.) 

This  is  the  first  book  bearing  Franklin's  imprint. 
The  only  copy  known  to  exist. 

1730 

209  The   Votes    and    Proceedings    of    the 

House  of  Representatives  of  the  Pro- 
vince of  Pennsylvania.  Philadelphia: 
Printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin  and 
H.  Meredith,  at  the  New  Printing- 
Office,  near  the  Market.  MDCCXXX. 
Foho.     (h.  415.) 

1732 

210  Vorspiel  der  Neuen-Welt,  welche  sich 

in  der  letzten  Abendrothe  als  ein 
paradisischer  Lichtes-glantz  unter  den 
Kindern  Gottes  hervor  gethan.  Zu 
Philadelphia:  Gedruckt  bey  Benjamin 
Franklin,  in  der  Marck-strass,  1732. 
Sm.  8vo.     (h.  452.) 

211  Poor  Richard,  1733.     An  Almanack  for 

the  year  of  Christ,  1733.  By  Richard 
Saunders.  The  Third  Impression. 
Philadelphia.  Printed  and  Sold  by  B. 
Franklin,  at  the  New  Printing  Office 
near  the  Market,  [n.  d.]  Sm.  8vo. 
(H.  448.) 

The  first  of  this  famous  series  of  almanacs.      Only 
one  other  copy  is  known. 


72 


CATALOGUE. 


1737 

212  A  Treaty  of  Friendship  held  with  the 

Chiefs  of  the  Six  Nations,  at  Philadel- 
phia, in  September  and  October,  1736. 
Philadelphia:  Printed  and  Sold  by  B. 
Franklin,  at  the  New  Printing- Office, 
near  the  Market.  M,DCC,XXXVII. 
Folio,     (h.  564.) 

The  first  and  rarest  of  all  the  "  Indian  Treaties  " 
printed  by  Franklin. 

174I 

213  The  Speech  of  Samuel  Chew,  Esq. 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Government  of 
New-Castle,  Kent  and  Sussex  upon 
Delaware :  Delivered  from  the  Bench 
to  the  Grand-Jury  of  the  County  of 
New-Castle  Nov.  21,  1741  and  now 
published  at  their  Request.  Philadel- 
phia :  Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin, 
M,DCC,XLI.     Sm.  4to.     (h.  695.) 

214  A  Pocket  Almanack  for  the  Year  1742. 

Fitted  to  the  use  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
the  neighbouring  Provinces.  By  R. 
Saunders.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by 
B.  Franklin,    [n.  d.]    32mo.     (h.  721.) 

The  second  but  earliest  known  issue  of  Franklin's 
"  Pocket  Almanac." 

1742 

215  A  Short  Catechism  for  some  Congrega- 

tions of  Jesus  of  the  Reformed  Religion 
in  Pennsylvania,  who  keep  to  the  an- 


CATALOGUE.  73 

cient  Synod  of  Bern.  By  John  Bech- 
tel.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  Isaiah 
Warner,  .  .  .  MDCCXLII.  Sm.  i2mo. 
(h.  4618.) 

Placed  here  only  to  group  together  the  complete 
series  of  Bechtel's  catechism. 

216  Kurzer  Catechismus,  enz.  Herausgeben 

von  Johannes  Bechteln.  Philadelphia : 
Gedruckt  bey  Benjamin  Franklin,  1742. 
Sm.  i2mo.     (h.  750.) 

The  original  edition. 

217  The  same  in  German  type.     (h.  4617.) 
A  reprint  made  in  Germany  with  a  false  imprint. 

218  En   kort   Catechismus  for  nagra  Jesu 

Foersamlingar  utaf  then  Reformerta 
Religeonen  uti  Pennsylvania,  som  halla 
sig  till  thet  Berniska  Synodo.  Forst 
utgifwen  i  thet  Tyska  Spraket  af  Johanne 
Bechtel.  Philadelphia :  Tryckt  hos 
Benjamin  Franklin.  Aohr  1743.  Sm. 
i2mo.     (h.  803.) 

The  only  book  printed  in  Swedish  in  the  American 
colonies.  The  only  other  copy  known  is  in  the  Royal 
Library  at  Stockholm. 

1744 

219  M.  T.  Cicero's  Cato  Major,  or  his  Dis- 

course of  Old-Age :  With  Explanatory 
Notes.  Philadelphia :  Printed  and  Sold 
by  B.  Franklin,  MDCCXLIV.  Sm.4to. 

An  uncut  copy  bound  by  Lortic. 


74  CATALOGUE. 

220  The  same. 

An  uncut  copy  in  the  original  binding. 

221  The  same.    (h.  868.) 
An  unseparated  copy  in  sheets. 

The  Exhibition  Committee  think  it  unnecessary  to 
exhibit  more  than  the  three  best  varieties  of  the  cAe/ 
d^ceuvf-e  of  Franklin's  press. 

222  An  Account  of  the  New  Invented  Penn- 

sylvania Fire-Places.  With  a  Copper- 
Plate.  Philadelphia :  Printed  and  Sold 
by  B.  Franklin.    1744.    8vo.    (h.  878.) 

Franklin's  account  of  a  stove  invented  by  him.  The 
plate  is  one  of  the  very  earliest  done  in  the  British 
colonies  for  book  illustration. 

1745- 

223  An  Essay  on  the  West-India  Dry  Gripes; 

with  the  Method  of  Preventing  and  Cur- 
ing that  Cruel  Distemper.  Philadel- 
phia: Printed  and  sold  by  B.  Franklin. 
M.  DCC.  XLV.     8vo.     (h.  922.) 

By  Dr.  Thomas  Cadwalader  of  Philadelphia.  The 
earliest  medical  treatise  written  and  printed  in  America 
known  to  be  extant.  The  only  known  copy  contain- 
ing the  two  prefaces,  one  of  which  was  suppressed. 

224  The  Art  of  Preserving  Health :  A  Poem. 

London,  Printed :  Philadelphia,  Re- 
printed, and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin.  M. 
DCC.  XLV.     Sm.  4to.     (h.  913.) 

The  celebrated  Dr.  John  Armstrong's  principal 
poem. 


CATALOGUE.  75 

1746 

225  Reflections  on  Courtship  and  Marriage: 

In  Two  Letters  to  a  Friend.  Wherein 
a  Practical  Plan  is  laid  down  for  Ob- 
taining and  Securing  Conjugal  Felicity. 
Philadelphia:  Printed  and  Sold  by  B. 
Franklin.  M,DCC,XLVI.  Sm.  4to. 
(H.  976.) 

Attributed  to  Dr.  Franklin  by  Benjamin  Rush.  If 
this  statement  is  correct  it  must  be  classed  as  one  of 
Franklin's  unsuccessful  schemes  for  benefiting  man- 
kind. 

1747 

226  Plain  Truth:  Or, Serious  Considerations 

on  the  present  state  of  the  City  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  Province  of  Pennsylvania. 
By  a  Tradesman  of  Philadelphia. 
Printed  in  the  Year  MDCCXLVII. 
8vo.     (h.  ioio.) 

Dr.  Franklin's  essay  in  favor  of  defensive  warfare, 
to  which  the  Quakers,  then  the  controlling  political 
power  in  Pennsylvania,  were  opposed. 

1751 

226^  A  Letter  to  a  Friend :  Containing  Re- 
marks on  a  Discourse  proposing  a  prep- 
aration of  the  Body  for  the  Small-Pox. 
Philadelphia:  Printed  by  B.  Franklin 
and  D.  Hall.  MDCCLI.  4to.  (h. 
1224.) 

By  Dr.  John  Kearsley  of  Philadelphia. 


76  CATALOGUE. 

1755 

227  Geographical,  Historical,  Political,  Phil- 

osophical and  Mechanical  Essays.  The 
First,  containing  an  Analysis  of  a  Gen- 
eral Map  of  the  Middle  British  Colonies 
in  America ;  and  of  the  Country  of  the 
Confederate  Indians.  Philadelphia ; 
Printed  by  B.  Franklin,  and  D.  Hall. 
MDCCLV.    4to.     (H.  1412.) 

1757 

228  The  Charter,  Laws,  and  Catalogue  of 

Books,  of  the  Library  Company  of  Phila- 
delphia. Philadelphia :  Printed  by  B. 
Franklin,  and  D.  Hall.  MDCCLVII. 
8vo.     (h.  1521.) 

The  only  known  copy. 

1766 

229  A  Morning  and  Evening's  Meditation,  or, 

a  Descant  on  the  Times.  A  Poem,  by 
T.  L.  London,  Printed.  Philadelphia, 
Re-printed  and  Sold  by  B.  Franklin,  and 
D.  Hall.     1766.     8vo.    (h.  2232.) 

By  Thomas  Letchworth  of  London,  a  pi-ominent 
Quaker  minister  of  the  eighteenth  century.  It  is  the 
last  book  issued  with  Franklin's  imprint. 


CATALOGUE.  77 

WILLIAM  BRADFORD. 

230  Anno  Regni  Georgii  II.  Regis.     At  a 

Session  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Colony  of  New-Jersey  begun  the 
Twenty-fourth  day  of  September,  1723, 
the  following  Acts  were  published. 
Printed  by  William  Bradford  in  the 
City  of  Perth- Amboy.  1723.  Folio. 
The  first  book  printed  in  New  Jersey. 

JAMES  PARKER. 

1758 

231  The  New  American  Magazine,  No.  i.  For 

January,  1758.     By  Sylvanus  America- 
nus.      Woodbridge,     in     New-Jersey. 
Printed  and  Sold  by  James  Parker. 
The  first  magazine  published  in  New  Jersey. 

1760 

232  The  History  of  North  America,  from  the 

First  Discovery  thereof:    Vol.  I.     By 

Sylvanus  Americanus.    Woodbridge,  in 

New-Jersey :  Printed  by  James  Parker. 

MDCCLX.     8vo. 

"  Published  piece-meal  in  the  New  American  Maga- 
zine, from  January  1 758,  to  March  1 760 :  and  designed 
to  be  continued  in  several  volumes  down  to  the  pres- 
ent time  in  the  same  manner ;  but  for  want  of 
suitable  encouragement,  the  remaining  volumes  are 
suspended,  together  with  the  said  Magazine." 


78  CATALOGUE. 

233  A  Complete  Introduction  to  the  Latin 

Tongue.  Published  principally  for  the 
use  of  the  Grammar-School  at  Nassau- 
Hall,  in  Prince-Town.  The  Second 
Edition.  Woodbridge,  in  New-Jersey  : 
Printed  by  James  Parker,  at  the  Ex- 
pence  of  the  Trustees  of  the  College, 
1760.     Sm.  8vo. 

By  the  Rev.  Robert  Ross ;  and  known  as  the 
Princeton  Latin  Grammar.  The  first  edition  was 
printed  in  New  York  in  1752. 

1761 

234  The  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 

Province  of  New-Jersey,  from  the  year 
1753  to  the  year  1761.  Collected  and 
published  by  order  of  the  General  As- 
sembly. By  Samuel  Nevill:  Volume 
the  Second.  Woodbridge,  in  New- 
Jersey  :  Printed  by  James  Parker, 
Printer  to  the  King's  Most  Excellent 
Majesty  for  the  Province.  M.  DCC. 
LXI.     Folio. 

The  first  volume  was  printed  in  Philadelphia  by 
William  Bradford  the  second. 

1764 

235  Conductor    Generalis:     or   the    Office, 

Duty,  and  Authority  of  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  High  Sheriffs,  &c.  Compiled 
by  James  Parker.  Woodbridge,  in  New- 
Jersey:  Printed  and  Sold  by  James 
Parker:  1764.     8vo. 


CATALOGUE.  79 

1765 

236  Anno  Regni  Georgii  III.  Regis,  quinto. 

At  a  Parliament  begun  &c.  at  West- 
minster, the  Nineteenth  Day  of  May, 
1 761,  and  from  thence  continued  to  the 
Tenth  Day  of  January,  1765,  &c.  Lon- 
don :  Printed  &c.  And  re-printed  by 
James  Parker  in  the  Province  of  New- 
Jersey. 

The  celebrated  "  Stamp  Act."  It  was  reprinted  in 
various  form  in  all  the  American  colonies  immediately 
after  its  passage. 

SAMUEL  F.  PARKER. 

1766 

237  The  Claim  of  the   Inhabitants  of  the 

Town  of  Newark;  in  virtue  of  the 
Indian  Purchase  made  by  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Newark,  in  1667,  stated  and  con- 
sidered. Woodbridge,  in  New-Jersey: 
Printed  by  Samuel  F.  Parker,  M.  DCC. 
LXVI.     8vo. 

By  David  Ogden,  one  of  the  justices  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  Jersey.     One  of  two  copies  known. 

l^urlington* 
JAMES  PARKER. 

1765 

238  The   History   of  the   Colony  of  Nova 

Caesaria,  or  New-Jersey :  Containing, 
an  account  of  its  first  settlement,  pro- 


So  CATALOGUE. 

gressive  improvements,  the  original  and 
present  constitution  and  other  events, 
to  the  year  172 1.  By  Samuel  Smith. 
Burlington,  in  New-Jersey :  Printed  and 
sold  by  James  Parker:  Sold  also  by 
David  Hall,  in  Philadelphia,  MDCC- 
LXV.  8vo. 
This  copy  is  entirely  uncut. 

ISAAC  COLLINS. 
1771 

239  A    Compendium     of    Surveying.      By 

Thomas  Moody.     Burlington,  Printed 
by    Isaac    Collins,    for    the    Author. 
MDCCLXXI.     Sm.  8vo. 
The  first  work  of  the  kind  produced  in  America. 

1773 

240  Brief  Considerations  on  Slavery,  and  the 

expediency  of  its  Abolition.  With  some 

hints  on  the  means  whereby  it  may  be 

gradually  effected.    Burlington:  Printed 

and  Sold  by  Isaac  ColHns,  M.  DCC» 

LXXIII.     8vo. 

One  of  Anthony  Benezet's  numerous  antislavery 
pamphlets. 

241  A  Bill  in  the  Chancery  of  New- Jersey,. 

at  the  suit  of  Robert  Barclay,  against 
William  Earl  of  Stirling,  and  others^ 
Proprietors  of  the  Eastern  Division 
of  the  Province  of  New-Jersey.  Bur- 
lington, Printed  by  Isaac  Collins, 
M.  DCC.  LXXIII.     Folio. 


CATALOGUE.  8l 


1774 


242  The  History  of  the  Rise,  Increase  and 

Progress  of  the  Christian  People  called 
Quakers.  By  William  Sewel.  The 
Third  Edition.  Burlington,  New-Jer- 
sey: Printed  and  Sold  by  Isaac 
Collins,  M.  DCC.  LXXIV.     Folio. 

1775 

243  The  Instructor:  or,  Young  Man's  Best 

Companion,  By  George  Fisher.  The 
Twenty-first  Edition,  Burlington. 
Printed  and  sold  by  Isaac  Collins. 
M.  DCC.  LXXV.     Sm.  8vo. 

One  of  the  most  popular  educational  manuals  pub- 
lished in  the  British  colonies. 

244  Extracts  from  the  Journal  of  Proceed- 

ings of  the  Provincial  Congress  of 
New-Jersey,  held  at  Trenton  in  May, 
June  and  August,  1775.  Burlington: 
Printed  by  and  sold  by  Isaac  Collins, 
M,  DCC,  LXXV.     8vo. 

New  Jersey's  first  Revolutionary  publication. 

1732 

244^  The  Acts  of  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  Province  of  New-Jersey.  Phila- 
delphia :  Printed  and  Sold  by  William 
and  Andrew  Bradford,  Printers  to 
the   King's   Most   Excellent   Majesty, 


82  CATALOGUE. 

for  the  Province  of  New-Jersey. 
MDCCXXXII.     Folio,     (h.  4441.) 

No  other  example  of  this  imprint  is  known. 

1752 

245  The  Grants,  Concessions,  and  Original 

Constitutions  of  the  Province  of  New- 
Jersey.  The  Acts  passed  during  the 
Proprietary  Governments  and  other 
material  Transactions  before  the  sur- 
render thereof  to  Queen  Anne.  Col- 
lected by  Aaron  Leaming  and  Jacob 
Spicer.  Philadelphia :  Printed  by  W. 
Bradford,  Printer  to  the  King's  Most 
Excellent  Majesty  for  the  Province  of 
New-Jersey  [1758].  Folio,     (h.  1596.) 

William  Bradford  the  second  was  engaged  for 
nearly  three  years  in  printing  this  book. 

€ge  <i5obernment  of  |^eto-€a^tlc, 
Stent  anb  ^Su^^cje  upon  SDdatoairc* 

Wilmington. 

JAMES  ADAMS. 
1763 

246  Laws  of  the  Government  of  New-Castle 

Kent  and  Sussex,  upon  Delaware.  Vol. 

II.      Wilmington,   Printed    by  James 

Adams,  in  Market  street,  1763.    Folio. 

(H.  1886.) 

The  first  book  printed  in  what  is  now  the  State  ot 
Delaware.  The  first  volume  was  printed  in  1752  by 
Franklin  and  Hall  in  Philadelphia. 


CATALOGUE.  83 

1765 

247  The   Charter    of   the    Juliana-Library- 

Company  in  Lancaster:  and  the  Laws 
of  the  said  Company.  Together  with 
a  Catalogue  of  the  Books.  By  Ca- 
leb Shevvard,  Secretary.  Wilmington, 
Printed  by  James  Adams,  in  Market- 
street,  1765.     Sm.  4to. 

The  library  was  named  after  Lady  Juliana,  wife  of 
Thomas  Penn,  one  of  the  Proprietaries  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. She  was  a  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Pomfret. 
Not  in  Hildeburn. 

1768 

248  Some  Brief  Remarks  upon  sundry  Im- 

portant Subjects,  necessary  to  be  under- 
stood and  attended  to  by  all  professing 
the  Christian  Religion,  Principally  ad- 
dressed to  the  People  called  Quakers. 
By  John  Griffith.  London,  Printed; 
And  Wilmington,  Re-printed,  by  James 
Adams,  M.  DCC.  LXVIIL    8vo.    (h. 

2363-) 

1771 

249  The  Great  Christian  Doctrine  of  Original 

Sin  defended.  By  Jonathan  Edwards. 
Wilmington:  Printed  and  Sold  by 
James  Adams,  in  Market-street. 
M,  DCC,  LXXL     i6mo. 

The  second  American  edition  of  the  last  work  of 
this  celebrated  metaphysician.     Not  in  Hildeburn. 


$4  CATALOGUE. 

250  The  Harmony  of  the  Divine  Attributes, 

in  the  Contrivance  and  Accomplish- 
ment of  Man's  Redemption  by  Jesus 
Christ.  By  William  Bates.  London, 
Printed:  Wilmington,  Re-printed,  and 
Sold  by  James  Adams,  in  Market-street, 
1771.     8vo.     (h.  2630.) 

1772 

251  A  Sermon  explaining  the  Fourth  Com- 

mandment. By  Thomas  Watson. 
Wilmington,  Printed  by  James  Adams 
for  David  Neilson,  1772.     Sm.  8vo. 

Not  mentioned  by  Hildeburn. 

1775 

252  The  Manual  Exercise,  as  ordered  by  his 

Majesty,  in  1764.  Together  with  Plans 
and  Explanations,  of  the  Method  gen- 
erally practic'd  at  Reviews  and  Field- 
Days,  &c.  Wilmington,  Printed  by 
James  Adams,  at  his  Printing-Office, 
in  High-street.  M,DCC,LXXV.  8vo. 
(H.  3237-) 

253  A  Sermon  On  the  present  Situation  of 

American  Affairs.  By  William  Smith, 
Provost  of  the  College  [of  Philadel- 
phia]. Wilmington,  Printed  and  Sold 
by  James  Adams,  in  EKgh-street. 
M,  DCC,  LXXV.     8vo.     (h.  3288.) 


CATALOGUE.  85 

25D0fe^  Ulelating  to  liJeto  ^ctl)erianli 
anD  l^eiD^forft  ^riot  to  I758. 

254  Octroy,  by  de  Hooghe  Mogende  Heeren 

Staten  Generael,  verleent  aende  West 
Indische  Compagnie  in  date  den  der- 
denjunii  1621.     Mette  Ampliatien  van 
\  dien  ende  het  accoort  tusschen  de  Bev- 

vint-hebberen  ende  Hooft-participan- 
ten  vande  selve  Compaignie.  Na  de 
Copie  ghedruckt  in  's  Graven-haghe. 
Tot  Middeburgh,  By  de  Weduwe  ende 
Erffgenamen  van  Symon  Moulert,  Or- 
dinaris  Drucker  vande  Ed :  Mog : 
Hoeren  Staten  van  Zeelandt.  [1623.] 
4to. 

This  edition  of  the  "  Patent,  granted  by  their  High 
Mightinesses  the  States  General  to  the  West  India 
Company,  in  date  the  third  of  June  162 1.  With  the 
amplification  thereof  and  the  agreement  between  the 
Directors  and  the  Chief  shareholders  of  the  said 
Company,"  is  not  mentioned  by  Asher  or  any  other 
bibliographer.  It  is  a  reprint  of  the  second  edition  of 
the  charter  of  the  Dutch  West  India  Company. 

255  West-Indische  Compagnie.  Articulen 
met  appobatie  vande.  Staten  General 
provisioneelije  beraemt  by  Bewintheb- 
beren  van  de  compagnie.  Hier  Zijn 
achter  by  gedruckt  de  Vryheden  van 
Nieu-Nederlant.  Amsterdam.  1631. 
4to.     (a.  332.) 


86  CATALOGUE. 

256  Breeden-Raedt  Aende  Vereenichde  Ne- 

derlandsche  Provintien.    Gemaecktuyt 

ware   memorien   Door  I.  A.  G.  W.  C. 

Tot  Antwerpen.    1649.    4to.    (a.  334.) 

"  No  doubt  the  most  important  document  existing 
on  New-Netherland."     Muller. 

257  Beschryvinghe    van     Virginia,    Nieuw- 

Nederlandt,    Nieuvv     Engelandt,    En 

d'Eylanden  Bermudas,  Berbados,  en  S. 

Christoffel.    Met  koperen  Figuren  Ver- 

ciert.     Amsterdam.     1651.     Sm.    4to. 

(A.  6.) 

Among  the  plates  is  the  first  engraved  view  of  Fort 
New- Amsterdam,  at  the  Manhatans. 

258  Vertoogh  van  Nieu  Neder-Land,  We- 

gens  de  Gheleghentheydt,  Vruchtbaer- 
heydt,  en  soberen  Staet  deszelfs.     The 
Hague,  1650.     4to.     (a.  5.) 
Attributed  to  Vander  Donck. 

259  Korte  Historiael  ende  Journaels  aente- 

yckeninge  Van  verscheyden  Voyagiens 

in  de  vier  deelen  des  Wereldts-Ronde. 

Door    D.    David   Pietersz    de    Vries. 

Waer  in  verhaelt  werd  wat  Batailjes  hy 

te  Water  gedaen  heeft :    Oder  Landt- 

schap  zijn  gedierre  gevogelt  wat  soorte 

van  Nissen  ende  wat  wilde  Menschen 

naer  't  leben  geconterfaeyt  ende  vande 

Bosschen    ende    Kavieren    met    haer 

Vruchten.  Hoorn.   1655.  4to.  (A.336.) 

The  portrait  of  de  Vries  is  a  fine  specimen  of  Corn. 
Visscher's  work. 


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CATALOGUE.  87 

260  Beschrijvinge  van  Nieuvv-Nederlant, 
Ghelyck  het  tegenwoordigh  in  Staet  is. 
Beschreven  door  Adriaen  vander  Donck. 
Amsterdam.     1655.     4to.     (a.  7.) 

The  first  edition  of  Donck's  "  New  Netherlands," 
containing  the  second  engraved  view  of  New- York 
city. 

261  Beschrijvinge  van  Nieuvv-Nederlant, 
Ghelyck  het  tegenwoordigh  in  Staet  is. 
Beschreven  door  Adriaen  vander 
Donck.  Den  tweeden  Druck.  Met 
een  pertinent  Kaertje  van  't  zelve 
Landt  verciert.  Amsterdam.  1656. 
4to.     (a.  8.) 

The  second  edition  of  Donck  contains  a  map  not  in 
the  first  edition,  but  omits  the  view  of  New- York  city. 

262  Conditien,  die  door  de  Heeren  Burger- 
meesteren  der  stadt  Amstelredam,  vol- 
gens  't  gemaeckte  Accordt  met  de  West- 
Indische  Compagnie,  ende  d'Approbatie 
de  Heeren  Staten  Generael  etc.  daer 
op  gevolght,  gepresenteert  werden  aen 
alle  gene,  die  als  Coloniers  na  Nieuw- 

,  Nederlandt     willen     vertrecken,     &c. 

F'  Amsterdam,  1656.     4to.     (a.  337.) 

This  is  a  different  edition  of  the  Conditien  from  that 
appended  to  the  second  edition  of  Donck. 

1263  Verheerlickte  Nederland  door  d'  Herst- 
elde  Zee-Vaart.  Dienende  tot  onder- 
wijsinge  en  opmerckinge  van  een  Jege- 
lijcken :  Oock  Mede.  Tot  openingh 
en  ontset  van  vele  kooplujden,  Zeeva- 


I 


88  CATALOGUE. 

rende  personen,  Burgers,  Boeren  en 
Ambachts-luijden,  die  in  dese  slechte 
neringh-loose  tijden  daer  tegen  aansien. 
1659.     4to.     (a.  9.) 

264  Kort    Verhael   van    Nieuw   Nederlants 

Gelegentheit,  Deughden,  Natuerlyke 
Voorrechten,  en  by-Zondere  bequaem- 
heidt  ter  bevolkingh.  Amsterdam  (?), 
1662.     Sm.  4to.     (a.  13.) 

265  Naerder  Klagh-Vertoogh  Aende  Heeren 

Staten  Generael,Wegens  De  Bewintheb- 
beren  vande  Generale  Geoctroyeerde 
West  Indische  Compagnie,  ter  sake  van- 
de ontwettelijcke,  ende  grouwelijcke 
proceduren  der  Engelsche  in  Nieu- 
Nederlant  etc.  No  place,  1664.  Sm. 
4to.     (a.  341.) 

266  Kort  en  Bondigh  Verhael  Van  't  geene  in 

den  Oorlogh,  Tusschen  den  Koning 
van  Engelant  etc.  en  de  Ho:  Mo: 
Heeren  Staten  der  Vrije  Vereenighde 
Nederlanden,  en  den  Bisschop  van 
Munster  is  voorgevallen.  Beginnende 
in  den  Yare  1664,  en  eyndigende  met 
het  sluiten  van  de  Vrede  tot  Breda,  in't 
Yaar  1667.  etc.  Met  Verscheyde  ko- 
pere  Figuren  Verciert.  Amsterdam. 
1667.     4to.     (a.  353.) 

This  book  contains  an  account  of  the  conquest  of 
New-Netherland  by  the  English. 


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CATALOGUE.  89 

267  Articulen  van   Vrede   Ende  Verbondt 

tusschen  Karel  de  tweede,  ende  de 
Heeren  Staten  Generael  der  Veree- 
nighde  Nederlantsche  Provintien  etc. 
The  Hague.     1667.     4to.     (a.  357.) 

This  is  the  treaty  of  Breda,  by  which  the  right  of 
Great  Britain  to  the  possession  of  New  Netherland 
was  established. 

268  A  Brief  Description  of  New  York :  For- 

merly Called  New- Netherlands.  With 
the  Places  thereunto  adjoining,  etc. 
Likewise  A  Brief  relation  of  the  Cus- 
toms of  the  Indians  There.  By  Daniel 
Denton.     London.     1670.    Small  4to. 

The  first  English  description  of  New-York.  It  is 
believed  to  be  the  only  copy  in  the  country  which  has 
the  printed  date. 

269  Otto  Keyens  Kurtzer  Entwurff  von  New- 

Niederland  und  Guajana  Einander 
entgegen  gesetyt  Umbden  Unterscheid 
yuischen  warmen  und  kalten  landen 
herauss  yu  bringen:  etc.  Auss  dem 
Hollandischen  ins  Hochteutsche  ver- 
setyt  durch  T.  R.  C.  S.  C.  S.  Leipzig. 
MDCLXXII.     Small  4to.     (a.  12.) 

270  A  Relation  of  the  Great  Sufferings  and 

Strange  Adventures  of  Henry  Pitman, 
Chyrurgion  to  the  late  Duke  of  Mon- 
mouth, containing  an  Account:  i.  Of 
the  occasion  of  his  being  engaged  in 
the    Duke's  service.     2.  Of  his  Tryal, 

7A 


90  CATALOGUE. 

Condemnation,  and  Transportation  to 
Barbadoes  etc.  How  he  made  his  es- 
cape in  a  small  open  boat  with  some  of 
his  fellow  captives,  etc.  London.  1689. 
4to. 

Pitman  gives  a  brief  description  of  New-York  as 
he  found  it. 

271  A  Two  Years  Journal  in   New  York: 

And  part  of  its  Territories  in  America. 

By  C.  W.    London.  MDCCI.     Small 

8vo. 

By  the  Reverend  Charles  Wolley,  an  English 
clergyman,  who  accompanied  Governor  Andros  to 
New- York  in  1678. 

272  The  Case  of  William  At  wood,  by  the  late 

King  William  .  .  .  Constituted  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Province  of  New  York 
.  .  .  With  a  true  Account  of  the  Gov- 
ernment and  People  of  that  Province ; 
particularly  of  Bayard's  Faction  and  the 
Treason  for  which  he  and  Hut  chins 
stand  attainted  .  .  .  London.  1703. 
Folio. 

273  Brief  Aan  De  Heer  N:  N:   Koopman 

in  Nieuw-Nederlandt,  Behelfende  een 
Opwekkinge  en  Bestieringe  tot  in  de 
Bekeeringe,  etc.  Door  Wilhelmus  k 
Brakel.     Rotterdam,  1711.     Small  4to. 

274  Heads    of  Articles    of  Complaint,   by 

Rip  van  Dam,  Esq.,  against  his  Ex- 
cellency Governor  William  Cosby, 
Governor  of  New- York.  Boston : 
Printed  in  the  Year  1734.      Folio. 


CATALOGUE.  9I 

275  Relation  de  la  prise  des  Forts  de 
Choueguen  ou  Oswego ;  &  de  ce  qui 
s'est  passe  cette  annee  en  Canada. 
Grenoble.     1756.     4to. 

276  The  History  of  the  Province  of  New 
York,  from  the  First  Discovery  to  the 
Year  M.DCC.XXXII.  To  which  is 
annexed,  A  Description  of  the  Coun- 
try, with  a  short  Account  of  the   In- 

habitants, their  Trade,  Religious  and 
Political  State,  and  the  Constitution  of 
the  Courts  of  Justice  in  that  Col- 
ony. By  William  Smith,  London. 
M.DCC.LVII.     4to. 

f         An  uncut  copy  of  the  first  edition  of  the  first  His- 
tory of  New  York. 

25oDft^  ^rintcti  in  tlje  25riti^l) 
Colonies* 

1640-1754 

277  The  Whole  Book  of  Psalmes  Faithfully* 

Translated  into  English  Metre.  Where- 
unto  is  prefixed  a  discourse  declaring 
not  only  the  lawfullness,  but  also  the 
necessity  of  the  heavenly  Ordinance 
of  singing  Scripture  Psalmes  in  the 
Churches  of  God.  Imprinted  1640. 
8vo. 

The  Bay  Psalm  Book,  printed  by  Stephen  Day 
at  Cambridge.  The  first  English  book  printed  in 
America. 


i 


92  CATALOGUE. 

278  A  Platform  of  Church-Discipline  gath- 

ered out  of  the  Word  of  God :  and 
agreed  upon  by  the  Elders  and  Mes- 
sengers of  the  Churches  assembly  in 
Synod  at  Cambridge  in  New  England. 
Printed  by  S.  G.  at  Cambridge  in  New- 
England  and  are  to  be  sold  at  Cam- 
bridge and  Boston  Anno  Dom:  1649. 
4to. 

"  The  first  edition  of  the  famous  Cambridge  Plat- 
form, and  (as  far  as  appears)  the  first  work  with  the 
imprint  of  Samuel  Green." — Brinley  Catalogue. 

279  The  New  Testament  of  our  Lord  and 

Saviour  Jesus  Christ.  Translated  into 
the  Indian  Language.  Cambridge: 
Printed  by  Samuel  Green  and  Marma- 
duke  Johnson.     Mdcxl.     4to. 

The  first  issue  of  the  first  edition  of  Eliot's  New 
Testament  in  the  Massachusetts  Indian  language. 
This  copy  is  No.  i  of  the  list  of  Testaments  in 
*'  Eames'  Bibliographical  Notes  on  Eliot's  Indian 
Bible." 

280  The    Holy  Bible :    containing  the  Old 

Testament  and  the  New.  Translated 
into  the  Indian  Langue.  Cambridge: 
.  .  .  Printed  by  Samuel  Green  and 
Marmaduke  Johnson.     Mdclxiii.     4to. 

The  only  known  copy  of  the  first  variety  of  the  first 
edition  of  Eliot's  Indian  Bible. 

281  New-England's  Memoriall;   or  a  brief 

Relation  of  the  most  memorable  and 
remarkable  Passages  of  the  Providence 


CATALOGUE.  93 

of  God,  manifested  to  the  Planters  of 
New  England.  By  Nathaniel  Morton. 
Cambridge  printed  by  S.  G.  and  M.  J. 
for  Thomas  Vsher  of  Boston.  1669.  4to. 

282  The  Wicked  Mans  Portion.  Or  a  Ser- 
mon preached  at  the  Lecture  in  Bos- 
ton, the  1 8th  day  of  the  i.  moneth,  1674. 
when  two  men  were  executed,  who  had 
murthered  their  Master.  By  Increase 
Mather.  Boston.  Printed  by  John 
Foster.     1675.     4to. 

"  The  claim  of  this  tract  to  have  been  the  first  work 
printed  in  Boston  is  generally  conceded  to  be  just." 

r  283  A  Narrative  of  the  Troubles  with  the 
Indians  in  New  England,  from  the  first 
planting  thereof  in  the  year  1607  to 
this  present  year  1677.  By  W.  Hub- 
bard. Boston.  Printed  by  John  Foster, 
in  the  year  1677.     4to. 

This  copy  contains  an  original  impression  of  the 
earliest  map  engraved  in  the  British  American  colonies. 


I 


284  The  Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World. 
Observations  upon  the  Nature,  the 
Number,  and  the  operations  of  the 
Devils.  With  some  accounts  of  the 
grievous  molestations  by  Daemons  and 
Witchcrafts  which  have  lately  annoy 'd 
the  Countrey,  and  the  Trials  of  some 
eminent  malefactors  executed  upon  oc- 
casion  thereof.      By   Cotton   Mather. 


94  CATALOGUE. 

Boston   Printed  by   Benj.    Harris  for 
Sam.  Phillips.     1693.     Sm.  8vo. 

"  Of  all  works  by  the  Mathers,  this  is  probably  the 
rarest;  it  is  also  one  of  the  most  important,  as  ex- 
hibiting the  prevalence  of  the  delusion  which  at  that 
time  infected  New  England." — Sabin^s  Dictionary, 


285  The  New-England  Primer  enlarged. 
Boston:  Printed  by  T.  Fleet  1738. 
24mo. 

"The  little  Bible  of  New  England."    The  third 
oldest  issue  of  this  famous  book  known  to  be  extant. 


286  A  Confession  of  Faith  owned  and  con- 
sented to  by  the  Elders  and  Messengers 
of  the  Churches  in  the  Colony  of  Con- 
necticut, assembled  at  Say-Brook,  Sep- 
tember 9th,  1708.  New-London  in 
N.  E.  Printed  by  Thomas  Short,  1710. 
Sm.  8vo. 

The  first  book  printed  in   Connecticut,   generally 
known  as  the  "  Saybrook  Confession  and  Platform." 


287  An  Apology  for  the  True  Christian  Di- 
vinity, as  the  same  is  held  forth  and 
preached  by  the  People  called  in  scorn 
Quakers.  By  Robert  Barclay,  New- 
port, Rhode  Island.  Printed  by  James 
Franklin,  1729.     8vo. 

The  first  book  of  considerable  size  printed  in  Rhode 
Island. 


CATALOGUE.  95 

288  A  Compleat  Collection  of  the  Laws  of 

Maryland,  etc.  Annapolis :  Printed  by 
William  Parks.  MDCCXXVII.   Folio. 

This  is  said  by  Thomas  to  be  the  first  book  printed 
in  Maryland;  but  Nuthead's  press  was  established 
there  before  1689,  and  Thomas  Reading's  about 
1700.  The  committee  have  been  unable,  however,  to 
obtain  specimens  from  those  presses. 

289  A  Collection  of  all  the  Acts  of  Assembly 

now  in  force  in  the  Colony  of  Vir- 
ginia. Williamsburg :  Printed  by  Wil- 
liam Parks.     Mdccxxxiii.     Folio. 

The  earliest  book  printed  in  Virginia  known  to  be 
extant. 

290  The  Journal  of  Major  George  Washing- 

ton, sent  by  the  Hon.  Robert  Dinwid- 
dle, Esq;  his  Majesty's  Lieutenant- 
Governor,  and  Commander  in  Chief  of 
Virginia,  To  the  Commandant  of  the 
French  Forces  on  Ohio.  Williams- 
burgh  :  Printed  by  William  Hunter. 
1754.     8vo. 

One  of  the  three  known  copies  of  the  original 
edition. 

291  A  Collection  of  All  the  Public  Acts  of 

Assembly,  of  the  Province  of  North- 
CaroHna:  Now  in  Force  and  Use. 
Newbern :  Printed  by  James  Davis, 
M,DCC,LL     Folio. 

The  first  book  printed  in  North  Carolina.  One  of 
three  known  copies  of  the  first  issue  —  the  second  be- 
ing dated  a  year  later. 


96  CATALOGUE. 

292  The  Laws  of  the  Province  of  the  Province 

of  South  Carolina.  Collected  in  Two 
Volumes  by  Nicholas  Trott.  Charles 
Town,  Printed  by  Lewis  Timothy. 
Mdccxxxvi.     Folio. 

The  earliest  South  Carolina  imprint  known  to  be 
extant. 

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293  The  New  York  Gazette.  No.  18.  Printed 

by  William  Bradford.     1725-6. 

This  is  the  earliest  issue  of  the  first  newspaper 
published  in  New-York  known  to  be  extant. 

294  The  New  York  Gazette.     1 733-1 736. 

A  file  of  Bradford's  paper  covering  three  years,  in 
the  original  binding. 

295  The  New  York  Weekly  Mercury.    No.  7. 

Printed  by  John  Peter  Zenger.    1733. 

This  volume  of  Zenger's  newspaper  begins  with 
the  first  of  the  numbers  which  were  condemned  to  be 
burned  by  the  sheriff,  and  for  the  publication  of  which 
Zenger  was  finally  tried. 

296  The  New  York  Weekly  Post-Boy.  No.  5. 

Printed  by  James  Parker.     1742-3. 

The  earliest  known  issue  of  Parker's  newspaper. 
The  title  was  changed  in  1753  to  the  "New  York  Ga- 
zette and  Weekly  Post-Boy. " 

297  The  New  York  Weekly  Post-Boy.  1744- 

1746. 


CATALOGUE.  97 

298  The  New  York  Evening  Post.     1744. 

Printed  by  Henry  De  Foreest  1744. 
This  paper  was  the  successor  of  Bradford's  Gazette. 

299  The  Independent  Reflector.  New  York: 

Printed  (until  tyrannically  suppressed) 

1753- 

300  The  New  York  Gazette.      Printed  by 

William  Weyman.     1 759-1 760. 

301  The  New  York  Mercury.     Printed  by 

Hugh  Gaine.     1760. 
The  title  of  this  paper  was  afterward  changed  to : 

302  The  New  York  Gazette  and  Weekly  Mer- 

cury. NewYorkandNewark,N.J.i776. 

This  is  a  most  remarkable  specimen  of  journalism. 
On  the  approach  of  the  British  to  New-York,  Gaine 
sent  one  of  his  presses  over  to  Newark,  and  during 
the  latter  part  of  1776  published  an  edition  of  the 
paper  there  without  change  of  name  in  the  American 
interest,  while  his  regular  issue  was  conducted  in 
New-York  on  Tory  principles. 

303  The  New  York  Journal  or  General  Ad- 

vertiser. Printed  by  John  Holt.  1766 
and  1767. 

304  Rivington's  New  York  Gazetteer;  or  the 

Connecticut,  New-Jersey,  Hudson's 
River  and  Quebec  Weekly  Advertiser. 
Printed  by  James  Rivington.     1773- 

1775- 
This  paper  became  during  the  Revolution  "The 
Royal  Gazette,"  and  was  known  to  the  Americans  as 
"  Rivington's  Lying  Gazette." 


98  CATALOGUE. 

305  The  American  Weekly  Mercury.  Printed 
by  Andrew  Bradford.     1 733-1 736. 

This  newspaper  was  begun  in  1719,  and  was  the 
first  issued  in  the  middle  colonies. 


306  The  Pennsylvania  Gazette.     Printed  by 

B.  Franklin  and  H.  Meredith.     1729- 
1730. 

The  first  issue  of  Franklin's  celebrated  newspaper, 
the  thirty-nine  preceding  numbers  having  been  printed 
by  Samuel  Keimer,  under  the  title  of  the  "  Universal 
Instructor  and  Pennsylvania  Gazette." 

307  The  Weekly  Advertiser  or  Pennsylvania 

Journal.     Printed  by  William  Bradford. 

1742-1743- 

308  The   Pennsylvania  Chronicle.     Printed 

by  William  Goddard,  1 767-1 768. 


Stutostaj^l^^,  2Docummti6f,  etc.,  ttu 

309  William  Bradford.   A.  D.  S.    1705.   4to. 

A  bill  for  sundries  "  Supplyed  for  the  use  of  her 
Majestie's  Government  of  New-York,"  dated  "N. 
York  July  27,  1705." 

310  William  Bradford.  A.  D.  S.    1717.    8vo. 

Bill  for  printing  Dickinson's  Remarks  on  Gale's 
Reflections.     Supra  No.  59. 


CATALOGUE.  99 

311  Andrew  Bradford.    D.  S.    1738.     4to. 

A  signature  as  witness  to  a  bill  of  sale  of  a  "  negro 
boy  named  Toney." 

312  Cornelia   Bradford,  widow   of  Andrew 

Bradford.     A.  D.  S.     1744.     8vo. 

313  Benjamin  Franklin.   A.  D.  1765.    Folio. 

Draft  of  an  agreement  for  the  settlement  of  the  part- 
nership accounts  of  the  firm  of  Franklin  and  Hall. 

314  Franklin  and  Hall.     1766.     Folio. 

Statement  of  account  between  Franklin  and  Hall 
on  the  dissolution  of  the  partnership  as  approved  by 
James  Parker. 

315  James  Parker.     A.  D.  S.     1766. 

Valuation  of  the  stock  and  fixtures  of  the  printing- 
office  of  Franklin  and  Hall,  made  by  James  Parker  as 
agent  of  Franklin  on  the  dissolution  of  the  partnership. 

316  William  Bradford  the  second.    A.  L.  S. 

1778.     Folio. 

Interesting  Revolutionary  letter,  dated  Trenton, 
March  5,  1778. 

317  David  Hall.     D.  S.     1759.     4^^- 

A  bill  accepted  by  David  Hall,  the  partner  of  Ben- 
jamin Franklin. 

318  Robert  Aitken.     A.  L.  S.     1784.     4to. 

Aitken  printed  the  first  English  Bible  issued  in 
America. 

319  Hugh  Gaine.     L.  S.     1795.     4to. 


lOO  CATALOGUE. 

320  James  Rivington.    A.  L.  S.    1796.    4to. 

321  Proclamation  by  John  Penn,  Lieutenant 

Governor  of  Pennsylvania.  Philadel- 
phia :  Printed  by  B.  Franklin  and  D. 
Hall.     [n.  d.]     Folio. 

A  proclamation,  dated  July  7,  1764,  offering  rewards 
"  for  the  Scalp  of  every  Male  Indian  Enemy,  above 
the  age  of  Ten  Years,  the  sum  of  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-four  Pieces  of  Eight;  and  for  the  Scalp  of 
every  Female  Indian  Enemy,  above  the  age  of  Ten 
Years,  the  sum  of  Fifty  Pieces  of  Eight." 


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